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First  Presbyterian  Church 

(Easton,  Pa. ) 
Centennial  history  of  the 

F i rst  Presbvte r ian  churc h 


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Centennial  History 


OF  THE 


FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH 


OF 


Easton,  Pennsylvania 


1811-1911 


THE  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Before  beginning  the  story  of  our  church  life,  I  wish  to  say 
that  records  are  defective;  data  inaccessible  and  that  very  much 
of  the  scanty  material  available  antecedently  to  the  fire  at  Mr. 
T.  McKeen  Andrew's  store  Dec.  31,  1899,  was  lost  irretrievably 
in  that  calamity.  Had  it  not  been  that  our  pastor  in  1876  wrote 
out  a  brief  history  of  our  church,  to  which  I  have  had  access,  it 
had  been  impossible  for  me  to  fill  up  the  various  gaps  in  detailing 
our  church  life,  made  by  the  fire  referred  to,  as  well  as  by 
the  carelessness  of  those  who  had  our  records  in  charge. 

From  that  only  available  source  I  have  taken  the  liberty  of 
drawing  od  libitcm,  interspersing  the  story  with  much  known 
to  no  other  living  being.  My  father  was  born  and  reared  in 
the  Presbyterian  congregation  in  Greenwich  Twsp.,  Warren 
Co.,  New  Jersey.  He  came  to  Easton  in  early  Hfe  to  make 
Easton  his  home — united  with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
in  its  early  years — was  married  by  Mr.  Bishop,  our  second  stated 
supply.  Father  and  mother  were  great  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bishop  and  from  them  I,  in  my  early  years,  gathered  much  in- 
teresting information.  I  mention  this  to  account  for  and  sub- 
stantiate some  matters  of  a  personal  character  not  probably 
known  to  others  now  living.  Who  is  there  that  can  with  facile 
pen  trace  the  workings  of  God's  Providence  and  grace  or  follow 
the  silent  and  unseen  growth  of  His  Spirit  in  the  hearts  of  His 
children  ? 

For  convenience  in  the  treatment  and  to  secure  a  clearer 
and  more  easily  followed  story,  I  will  divide  what  I  have  to  say 
into  two  parts — the  Static  and  the  Dynamic  work  of  our  church, 
akin  to  the  Physical  and  Spiritual  work,  which,  though  distinct, 
necessarily    closely    intertwine    as    the    years    progress. 

One  hundred  years !  a  very  minute  fraction  of  the  world's 
life  and  yet  in  its  incidents  how  potent  a  factor  in  the  lives 
of  a  multitude  of  God's  children!     We  have  met  to  recount  the 


salient  features  in  the  life  of  our  church  during  such  a  period. 
Imagination  fails  to  draw  the  picture  of  a  man  without  the 
gift  of  memory.  If  all  had  been  so  created,  we  had  not  been 
men;  for  all  progress  had  been  impossible;  the  race 
had  been  void  of  history — Hfe  a  mere  vegetation  with- 
out variation  or  improvement.  Without  memory  we  had 
not  been  enjoined  to  "Walk  about  Zion  and  go  round 
about  her;  tell  the  towers  thereof.  Mark  well  her  bulwarks; 
consider  her  palaces;  that  ye  may  tell  it  to  the  generation 
following."  It  is  a  pleasing  thought  that  time,  over  which 
memory  spreads  her  protecting  wings,  is  a  potent  magician 
for  conjuring  up  joy  or  sorrow,  smoothing  all  asperities,  recon- 
ciling all  incongruities,  veiling  all  absurdities,  softening  every 
harshness  and  salient  angle  with  the  haze  of  indistinctness. 
'Tis  a  trite  saying  that  distance  lends  enchantment  to  the  view, 
and  equally  true  is  it  that  distance  tones  down  what  notes  of 
music  would  be  discordant  and  rasping  to  the  ear  nearby  and 
by  blending  them  as  the  waves  of  sound  advance,  ultimately 
produces  most  pleasant  harmony.  These  reflections  by  way  of 
a  foreword  to  a  study  of  the  genesis  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Easton.  This  genesis  is  singular  in  this  regard,  that 
it  began  not  as  the  result  of  any  ministerial  endeavor,  but  was 
purely,  so  far  as  we  can  ascertain,  a  springing  up  in  a  few  indi- 
vidual hearts  under  the  silent  agency  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  of  a 
hungering  and  thirsting  for  the  bread  and  the  water  of  life. 
In  fact  thirteen  years  before  any  formal  step  was  taken  to  en- 
list the  agency  of  any  eccleiastical  body  in  the  nourishing  of 
this  nameless  and  fatherless  infant,  a  body  of  men  had  met 
and  adopted  a  code  of  rules  under  which  they  met  and  worshiped 
God.  The  rules  provide  for  regular  meetings  to  listen  to  an 
explanation,  in  English,  of  the  Bible  as  the  only  rule  of  faith 
and  practice.  It  cannot  be  ascertained  how  long  these  assem- 
blies continued ;  but  a  liberal  interpretation  of  such  a  self- 
suggested  aspiration  after  a  higher  life,  justifies  the  belief  that 
the  spirits  of  the  members  of  the  Association  fed  by  the  Holy 
Spirit  with  the  sincere  milk  of  the  word,  grew  into  a  larger  and 


In  the  Old  Stone  School  House  on  Second  Street,  where  now  stands  the  High 

School  Building,  the  first  English  religious  services  were  held.     This  was 

the  birthplace  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  April,  1798. 


more  mature  life  requiring  stronger  spiritual  food.  This  is  the 
more  probable  when  we  think  of  the  diverse  nationalities  that 
composed  our  community  at  that  early  day;  for  not  reckoning 
the  German  element,  who  were  provided  with  the  ordinances  as 
administered  in  the  Union  Church,  still  on  3rd  Street,  and  own- 
ed at  that  time  by  the  German  Lutheran  and  German  Reformed 
congregations,  there  were  men  from  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  and 
vicinity  brought  up  in  the  Presbyterian  faith — Irish  and  Scotch 
from  Scotland  and  the  north  of  Ireland  and  descendants  of 
Huguenots,  who  had  crossed  over  the  lower  part  of  New  York 
state  from  the  Hudson,  worked  their  way  down  the  west  bank 
of  the  Delaware  and  thus  reached  the  Forks. 

Let  us  see  if  this  action  can  be  traced  to  a  logical  origin. 
In  1744,  just  one  hundred  and  sixty-seven  years  ago,  a  delicate 
Hian,  David  Brainerd,  all  aflame  with  a  religious  fervor  to 
acquaint  the  untutored  savages  at  the  Forks  of  the  Delaware 
with  the  Word  of  Life,  worked  his  weary  way  from  Stock- 
bridge,  Massachusetts  through  Sharon,  Connecticut,  west  to  the 
Hudson — thence  to  Goshen,  New  York,  and  so  on  by  very  dififi- 
cult  stages  to  a  Scotch-Irish  settlement  about  twelve  miles  from 
the  actual  Forks  as  now  understood ;  but  then  a  name  applied 
to  a  vast  stretch  of  territory  adjacent.  He  preached  at  this 
settlement  frequently;  as  well  also  at  the  old  Greenwich  Town- 
ship log  church  about  five  miles  from  the  spot  that  became 
known  as  Easton  about  1750.  He  had  built  his  cabin  near  the 
mouth  of  Martin's  Creek  in  lower  Mt.  Bethel  Township.  He 
itinerated  through  the  surrounding  country,  preaching  mostly  to 
the  Indians  but  visiting  whatever  settlements  lay  along  the  route 
of  his  travel  from  his  cabin  to  his  appointed  rendevous,  where 
white  and  copper  colored  met  for  instruction.  The  date  of 
his  arrival  in  this  vicinity  is  given  in  his  diary  as  May  21,  1744. 
Though  he  left  2  years  and  3  months  later  for  Crosswicks,  New 
Jersey,  without  many,  if  any  visible  fruits  of  his  labor  here- 
abouts, we  dare  not  ignore  the  Divine  promise  in  regard  of  him 
that  goeth  forth  bearing  precious  seed,  weeping  because  of  its 
scarcity   in   a  time   of   drought   and   famine :   and   rememberino- 


what  Dr.  Griffis  tells  us  in  his  "History  of  the  Mikado's  Empire 
in  respect  to  the  labor  of  Francis  Xavier"  in  Japan,  followed 
by  a  slaughter  intended  to  exterminate  the  many  thousands  of 
converts  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  before  Commodore  Perry's 
visit  to  Japan,  when  a  small  band  was  discovered  who  had  all 
along  in  that  length  of  time,  preserved  in  all  its  purity  the  doc- 
trine of  salvation  by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  we  cannot  but  believe 
that  a  latent  spark  smoldered  in  the  breasts  of  some  few  of  those 
taught  by  Brainerd,  till  in  1794  it  broke  out  in  a  vital  flame.  We 
read  that  for  fifty  years  after  Easton  became  a  village  the  High 
Dutch  and  Germans  held  full  sway — they  constituting  the  vast 
majority  of  the  inhabitants.  By  slow  degrees  the  English  speaking 
and  Irish  and  Scotch  settlers  grew  in  number;  till  in  1794  mainly 
through  their  instrumentality  the  Union  Academy  on  Second 
(then  Ferner)  Street  was  incorporated.  The  academy  building, 
though  small  and  uninviting  to  our  eyes  at  a  later  day,  afford- 
ed an  opportunity  where  services  conducted  in  the  English 
language,  could  be  held  with  regularity.  The  people  eagerly 
availed  themselves  of  the  privilege.  A  record  in  the  minutes  of 
the  trustees  of  the  academy  under  date  of  July  21,  1798  reads 
as  follows ;  Resolved  that  permission  be  given  the  present  Eng- 
lish teacher  in  the  academy  to  hold  meetings  for  the  worship 
of  God  in  said  house  at  any  time  which  shall  not  interfere  with 
the  schools ;  he  being  responsible  for  the  proper  care  of  the 
house  on  such  occasions. 

In  the  archives  of  our  church  there  is  a  paper,  yellow  with 
age,  written  in  a  free,  fair,  round  hand  which  reads  in  this  wise ; 
The  Constitution  of  the  Easton  Religious  Society. 

The  people,  frequenters  to  hear  Divine  worship,  at  Easton 
Union  Academy  do,  this  12th  day  of  August  1798,  form  them- 
selves into  a  Society  to  be  called  the  Easton  Religious  Society 
and  do  ordain  and  establish  this  Constitution  for  the  good  order 
and  government  of  the  same.  Article  ist  provides  that  meet- 
ings be  held  in  the  Union  Academy  until  March  25th,   1799. 

Article  2nd  that  the  Society  meet  twice  on  the  Lord's  day 
and  at  such  hours  as  may  be  intimated ;  that  the  services  of  the 


day  be  neither  too  brief  nor  too  prolix;  to  consist  of  singing 
two  or  three  psahns  or  hymns — a  short  prayer  or  two — a  small 
portion  of  scripture  to  be  read,  with  a  sermon  twice  a  day;  the 
sermons  that  are  read  be  such  as  set  forth  the  doctrines  of  the 
gospel  in  its  utmost  purity. 

By  article  3rd  all  persons,  children  excepted,  who  should 
frequent  the  society  four  time  in  a  year,  should  be  esteemed  mem- 
bers. 

Article  4th  provides  that  Andrew  Mein  be  requested  to  ac- 
cept the  appointment  to  officiate  in  the  administration  of  the 
Divine  functions  until  the  25th 'day  of  March,  1799;  with  desire 
and  permission  to  request  and  employ  any  person  to  iiis  assisLance 
that  he  may  approve  of. 

Articles  5th,  6th  and  7th  relate  to  the  management  of  the 
society,  which  was  vested  in  seven  persons  and  provide  for  their 
election,  for  their  meetings  etc. 

Article  8th  declares  that  members  of  the  society  must  pay 
quarterly  one  quarter  of  a  dollar  to  Andrew  Mein,  the  treasurer 
for  the  purchase  of  books  and  for  other  necessary  purposes. 

Mr.  Andrew  Mein  was  the  aforesaid  English  teacher  and 
his  religious  society  was  without  doubt  the  mother  of  our  church. 
I  think  we  can  read  between  the  lines  that  Mr.  Mein  enjoyed 
the  full  confidence  of  the  trustees  of  the  academy  and  that  the 
limiting,  at  the  first,  of  the  time  during  which  the  meetings 
could  be  held  was  referable  to  a  fear  that  Mr.  Mein  might  not 
be  with  them  beyond  the  date  March  25th  of  the  following  year, 
for  we  find  that  when  our  first  stated  supply  came  to  Easton,  he 
occupied  the  same  room  in  the  academy  and  taught  therein  an 
English  school. 

Just  how  long  Mr.  Mein  continued  to  hold  services  neither 
too  brief  nor  to  prolix  and  to  read  sermons  that  set  forth  the 
doctrines  of  the  gospel  in  their  utmost  purity,  no  one  knows, 
for  the  record  is  lost.  The  official  records  of  our  church  begin 
with  April,  181 1 — the  first  entry  being  as  follows — A  number  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Easton  having  convened  in  said  borou<3-h  to 
take   into   consideration   the   most   eligible   way  of   procunno-  a 


Teacher  for  their  children  and  a  Teacher  of  the  Word  in  the 
EngHsh  language,  it  was,  after  deliberation,  thought  most  advisa- 
ble to  request  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J,,  to 
grant  them  supplies  for  the  ensuing  summer,  out  of  which  sup- 
plies it  was  expected  one  might  be  selected  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid.  There  were  forty-three  names  on  the  petition  for 
help  sent  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  as  follows, 
Henry  Brown,  Joseph  Burke,  J.  M.  Burnside,  John  Cooper, 
Moses  Davis,  Robert  Depew,  Samuel  Depew,  John  Erb,  John 
A.  Everett,  John  Ewing,  Daniel  Fields,  Samuel  R.  Finley,  Lewis 
Gano,  David  Gosner,  Enoch  Green,  Benjamin  Green,  John 
Green,  James  Hackett,  Adam  Hawk,  Peter  Hawk,  James  Hays. 
John  Heartley,  Benjamin  Hinds,  John  Horn,  Ezeck  Howell,  Eli- 
jah P.  Hunt,  Hill  Hutchison,  William  Innis,  Charles  Lambert, 
Benjamin  Mettler,  Samuel  McCarthy,  Daniel  Quigley,  Absalom 
Heeder,  Nathan  Roberts,  Thomas  J.  Rodgers,  Henry  Seagraves, 
Ira  B.  Shaw,  John  Slater,  James  Thompson,  Ralph  Tindall, 
Amos  Titus,  George  Boyd  and  Joseph  Wallace. 

Dr.  John  Cooper  and  Mr.  John  Ewing  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  present  this  request  to  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick.  They  appeared  before  that  body  in  April,  1811. 
The  petition  was  granted  and  Mr.  Stephen  Boyer,  a  licentiate 
of  the  Presbytery  was  appointed  to  teach  and  preach  as  a  stat- 
ed supply  two  years,  to  the  English  speaking  citizens  of  the 
Borough  of  Easton.  The  supplies  sent  the  English  inhabitants 
of  Easton  in  compliance  with  the  petition  to  the  Presbytery  of 
New  Brunswick  are  as  follows : 

Mr.  Shauer,  ist  Sabbath  May,  and  at  discretion. 

Mr.  G.  A.  Hunt,  2nd  Sabbath  May. 

Mr.  James  Campbell,  4th  Sabbath  May. 

Mr.  John  Boyd,   ist  Sabbath  June. 

Mr.  J.  V.  Brown,  3rd  Sabbath  June. 

Mr.  Joseph  Rice,  5th  Sabbath  June. 

Mr.  G.  S.  Woodhull,  2nd  Sabbath  July. 

]\Irs.  B.  Sloan.  3rd  Sabbath  July. 


Rev.  Stephen  Boyer 
1811-1814 


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After  serving  our  infant  church  a  Httle  less  than  three  years, 
■Rev.  Boyer  left  for  Columbia,  Pa.  He  is  described  as  stout, 
full  faced  and  cleanly  shaven ;  complexion  dark  with  features 
somewhat  like  an  Indian.  He  is  spoken  of  in  the  record  as 
a  good,  sound  preacher,  who  was  successful  in  his  work.  Dur- 
ing his  short  stay  there  were  about  thirty  (30)  whose  hearts 
the  Lord  opened,  so  that  they  received  the  Word  gladly  and  made 
v.  public  confession  of  their  faith  in  Christ,  as  the  only  Saviour 
of  sinners.  Following  the  departure  of  Rev.  Boyer  the  congre- 
gation was  supplied  by  Presbytery  until  the  fall  of  1816  when 
application  was  made  to  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  for  the 
services  of  Mr.  David  Bishop,  a  licentiate  of  that  Presbytery. 
The  request  was  favorably  considered  by  the  parties  interested 
and  on  November  13th,  1816  Mr.  Bishop  was  ordained.  As  on 
the  former  occasion,  the  ordination  took  place  in  the  First  Re- 
formed Church — the  presence  of  Drs.  Alexander  and  Miller  of 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  indicating  an  occasion  of  un- 
usual interest — they  participating  in  the  exercises.  Mr.  Bishop's 
salary  was  fixed  at  Three  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars  per  year 
payable  half  yearly.  Amounts  varying  from  Sixteen  Dollars 
to  One  Dollar  were  pledged  for  the  salary ;  in  all  67  names. 
The  amount  collected  the  first  year  was  Two  Hundred  and 
Thirty-Six  Dollars.  The  second  year  the  subscribers  numbered 
94  names  and  Three  Hundred  and  Fifty-Nine  Dollars  collected, 
showing  healthy  growth.  Mr.  Bishop  supplemented  his  income 
by  teaching  a  classical  school  in  the  Union  Academy  on  the 
hill,  as  well  as  by  preaching  in  Mt.  Bethel  and  at  Durham.  Up 
to  that  time,  though  fully  organized  ecclesiastically,  the  congre- 
gation was  not  legally  incorporated  by  an  act  of  the  state, 
though  it  is  evident  from  a  carefully  worded  constitution  in 
Mr.  Boyer's  time  that  such  act  of  incorporation  was  contemp- 
lated. The  constitution  and  by-laws  that  were  not  submitted 
to  legislative  enactment  are  interesting  because  of  the  rigid  and 
precise  terms  that  characterize  elections  and  deliberations. 

At  a  meeting  held  in  the  academy  December  15th,  1817,  Messrs. 
McKeen,   Kennedy  and   Burke   \^ere   appointed   a   committee   to 


Rev.  David  Bishop 
1816-1822 


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draft  a  constitution.  Messrs.  Eseck  Howell  and  Absolom  Read- 
er were  added  to  said  committee  on  January  3d,  1818.  Said 
committee  reported  a  draft  of  a  constitution  on  January  15th, 
1818,  which  was  adopted  and  ordered  sent  to  Mr.  Rogers  our 
senatorial  delegate  at  Harrisburg  for  confirmation  by  the  state 
authority.  On  January  22nd  Mr.  Rogers  in  his  place  present- 
ed Bill  No.  76  on  Senate  file,  and  the  Presbyterian  Congrega- 
tion of  the  Borough  of  Easton  was  erected  into  a  body  politic 
and  corporate  in  deed  and  in  law.  The  first  trustees  under  the 
charter  w^ere  John  Green,  William  Kennecy,  Eseck  Howell, 
Robert  Innis,  Joseph  Burke,  Absolom  Reeder,  Benjamin  Green, 
Ralph  Tindall  and  Jesse  M.  Howell.  The  charter  empowered 
the  trustees  to  adopt  a  common  seal  with  such  device  as  to  them 
seemed  suitable.  The  one  adopted  is  of  circular  form  having 
within  the  rim  the  words — The  First  Presbyterian  Congrega- 
tion of  the  Borough  of  Easton.  A  little  above  the  center  is  the 
figure  of  a  dove  soaring  heavenward — the  clouds  already  en- 
wrapping her  and  from  her  wings  are  radiating  beams  of  light. 
When  Mr.  Bishop  entered  upon  his  work  in  Easton,  services 
were  still  conducted  in  the  Court  House  in  the  square ;  but  the 
place  not  being  adapted  to  religious  services,  and  its  occupancy 
being  very  strongly  objected  to  by  some  men  of  prominence 
in  the  community,  who  were  opposed  to  all  religious  services, 
it  was  a  plain  case  of  necessity,  that  if  the  church  was  to  thrive, 
the  congregation  must  have  a  house  of  worship  of  its  own  and 
be  absolutely  independent  of  all  favors.  A  move  had  been  made 
at  least  5  years  before,  for  on  the  17th  of  July,  181 3  a  letter 
was  presented  to  the  trustees  of  the  academy  from  IMessrs. 
Reeder,  Bullman  and  Benjamin  Green,  trustees  of  the  English 
Presbyterian  Church,  praying  for  a  lot  of  ground  at  the  corner 
of  Femer,  now  Second  Street  and  Church  Alley,  on  which  to 
build  a  meeting  house.  The  trustees  very  sensibly  declined  by 
resolving  that  it  is  inexpedient  to  grant  any  ground  to  the  Eng- 
lish Presbyterian  Congregation. 

Finding  they  must  rely  on  themselves,   on  July  8th,    181 5  a 
subscription  was  started  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  lot  or 


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lots  in  the  Borough  of  Easton  and  erecting  a  church  thereon; 
and  for  a  burying  ground  for  said  congregation  within  the 
limits  of  said  borough.  The  enterprise  progressed  steadily, 
though  not  very  speedily.  On  December  6th,  1817  a  committee 
composed  of  John  Green,  Hill  Hutchison,  Ralph  Tindall  and 
Moses  Davis,  that  had  been  previously  appointed  to  report  on 
the  cost  of  a  brick  meeting  house,  reported  that  a  building  45 
by  55  feet  would  cost  $7,000.00 — one  45  by  50  feet  $6,500.00 
and  one  40  by  50  feet  $6,000.00.  It  was  unanimously  resolved 
to  build  a  house  not  less  than  40  by  50  feet  and  larger  if  the 
funds  warranted.  Several  sites  were  offered  at  prices  ranging 
from  $2,000.00  to  $1,000.00  for  a  lot  near  the  Lehigh  and  on 
Bushkill  Street  west  of  Fourth  Street,  till  finally  after  considera- 
ble discussion  the  present  location  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
Second  or  Ferner  and  Bushkill  Streets  was  selected.  On  the 
6th  of  March,  1818  Benjamin  Green  in  consideration  of  Five 
Hundred  Dollars  sold  lot  No.  288  on  the  town  plot,  being  55 
feet  front  on  Bushkill  Street  to  the  trustees,  though  on  account 
of  the  minority  of  some  heirs,  the  deed  was  not  formally  execut- 
ed till  May  20th,  1829.  On  April  30th,  1818,  Abraham  Ealer 
and  Mary,  his  wife  in  consideration  of  Four  Hundred  Dollars 
deeded  to  the  trustees  Lot  No.  287  on  town  plot  with  a  front- 
age on  Bushkill  Street  of  55  feet.  Possessed  of  these  two  lots, 
they  proceeded  to  build :  the  original  building  committee  was 
John  Green,  Absolom  Reeder,  John  Cooper,  Ralph  Tindall, 
Moses  Davis  and  Thomas  McKeen.  The  cellar  was  dug  by 
the  men  of  the  congregation  on  a  Saturday  afternoon.  John 
Bowes  was  to  burn  the  bricks.  Hill  Hutchison  and  Daniel 
Quigley  were  to  lay  them.  Ralph  Tindall  was  to  do  the  car- 
penter work.  Major  Straub  was  to  do  the  plastering,  and 
John  and  Louis  Gano  the  painting.  As  finally  agreed  on  the 
building  was  to  be  45  by  50  feet  and  the  front  was  to  stand 
back  from  the  building  line  on  Bushkill  Street  12  feet  and  5  feet 
from  the  line  on  Second  or  Ferner  Street.  The  pulpit  was 
placed  between  the  doors  opening  from  Bushkill  Street ;  and 
to  the  right  and  left  of  the  doors  after  entering  the  small  vesti- 


The  Original  First  Presbyterian  Church.     Rear  view  from  the 
North  West  in  1846. 


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bule,  were  closed  stairways  leading  to  the  gallery  that  occupied 
the  east,  west  and  north  sides.  On  the  north  gallery  was  placed 
a  small  organ.  There  were  44  pews  on  the  main  floor  and  27 
on  the  gallery,  which  with  all  other  white  pine  woodwork,  were 
painted  white — the  total  cost  being  $6,500.  I  omitted  to  say 
that  after  passing  through  the  doorways  from  the  small  vesti- 
bule into  the  aisles,  there  was  running  east  and  west  from  the 
respective  aisles,  a  narrow  aisle  or  passage  admitting  entrance 
to  a  few  pews  running  parallel  to  the  main  aisles.  Thomas 
McKeen,  Joseph  Burke  and  James  Hays  were  a  committee  to 
solicit  subscriptions,  which  totaled  $5,878.15  embracing  210 
names — the  amounts  varying  from  $500.00  to  $.50.  Among  the 
contributors  are  to  be  found  the  names  of  Rev.  Robert  Finlay 
and  Rev.  Thomas  Pomp,  Rev.  Bishop,  the  state  supply  gave 
$100.00,  thus  setting  a  good  example  of  practical  liberality  and 
above  all  a  genuine  self-sacrifice  in  Christ's  cause.  A  Calvanist 
of  Wilkes-Barre  gave  $45.00,  name  not  known.  Thirty-four  of 
the  subscribers  were  females — twenty-six  persons  paid  their 
subscriptions  by  hauling — three  by  labor — five  proved  insolvent. 
Some  others  proved  rather  slow  pay,  though  able  to  make  good ; 
and  the  trustees  Resolved  That  Benjamin  Green  and  Ralph 
Tindall  be  a  committee  to  put  into  the  hands  of  Jacob  Weygandt, 
Esq.  all  the  unpaid  subscriptions  made  by  men  able  to  pay,  but 
careless  and  indifferent  about  keeping  their  promises.  If  willing 
but  unable  to  pay,  Mr.  Weygandt  was  to  be  lenient  and  accept 
their  notes  at  sixty  days.  It  was  hoped  that  the  Law  thus  in- 
voked would  develop  Grace.  The  church  being  completed,  was 
solemnly  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God  on  August  22d,  18 19 — 
Mr.  Bishop  preaching  from  the  latter  clause  of  Exodus  20th 
chapter,  24th  verse — "In  all  places  where  I  have  recorded  my 
name,  I  will  come  unto  thee,  and  I  will  bless  thee."  The  trus- 
tees put  a  valuation  on  the  pews,  rating  them  from  40  to  65 
dollars  in  the  gallery  and  from  90  to  120  dollars  on  the  main 
floor.  On  August  28th,  1819  they  were  sold  to  the  highest 
bidder,  subject  to  the  annual  assessment  for  the  support  of  the 
stated  supply.   We  may  here  note  that  when  the  pews  were  sold. 


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it  was  with  the  reservation  that  the  purchaser  must  pay  for  the 
support  of  the  church  ordinances,  and  annual  rental  and  thus  the 
ownership  of  the  pew  only  anchored  the  owner  in  the  occupancy 
in  priority  or  to  the  exclusion  of  all  others  so  long  as  he  paid 
the  rent.  This  calls  to  my  mind  the  defeat  of  Elder  McKeen, 
who,  when  he  became  estranged  from  the  college  through  the 
boyish  escapade  of  his  nephew,  that  led  to  his  suspension  from 
college,  smote  the  floor  of  his  pew  with  his  cane  and  declared 
he  would  invoke  the  sheriff's  aid  to  keep  out  all  who  essayed 
to  enter  it,  if  the  church  trustees  should  grant  the  use  of  the 
church  for  holding  the  college  commencement,  as  had  always 
been  done  theretofore.  Reverting  to  the  sale  of  the  pews,  ]\Ir. 
William  White,  commonly  known  as  Chippy  White,  in  my  early 
days  was  the  auctioneer.  In  the  course  of  about  7  years  the 
house  was  too  small  to  accommodate  the  would  be  hearers.  Ac- 
cordingly a  subscription  was  started  December  5th,  1825  to 
raise  funds  to  enlarge  the  church.  $1531.00  were  subscribed. 
Work  was  commenced  in  the  spring  of  1826  and  20  feet  were 
added  to  the  rear.  Two  doors  were  placed  at  that  end  of  the 
addition  for  the  accommodation  of  those  who  shunned  facing 
the  congregation  from  the  front.  The  place  where  the  addition 
joined  the  old  audience  room  was  plainly  marked  by  a  step  or 
rise  of  7  inches  and  those  occupying  the  new  pews  could  see  over 
the  heads  of  those  in  front  of  them  and  all  faced  South,  just 
the  reverse  of  what  it  is  to-day.  Twenty-eight  pews  were  gain- 
ed on  the  main  floor,  rated  in  value  from  60  to  120  dollars. 
During  the  enlargement  worship  was  conducted  in  the  3rd 
Street  Reformed  Church  through  the  Christian  courtesy  of  the 
boards  of  the  German  Lutheran  and  German  Reformed 
churches,  who  owned  the  building  conjointly.  Here  I  may  re- 
mark that  I  have  read  in  our  archives  the  correspondence  be- 
tween the  trustees  of  our  church  and  the  official  boards  of  the 
two  congregations  worshiping  in  the  3rd  Street  church  :  and  it 
is  extremely  gratifying  to  note  the  beautiful  expressions  of  Chris- 
tian fraternity  that  made  our  congregation  welcome  to  occupy 
their  house  for  the  worship  of  cur  common  Lord  and  Saviour. 


The  Original  Church.     Front  view  from  the  South  East  1846. 


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This  enlargement  imposed  on  our  congregation  a  debt,  for 
the  extinguishment  of  which  the  trustees  issued  notes  or  certifi- 
cates of  indebtedness  of  the  face  value  of  $25.00  each,  bearing 
interest  at  rate  of  4  per  cent,  per  annum.  Forty-eight  of  these 
notes   were  sold,  yielding  $1200.00. 

In  1846  the  congregation  was  again  found  too  large  for  the 
building;  and  to  make  room  the  church  was  built  out  12  feet  to 
the  building  line  in  front  on  Bushkill  Street  as  at  present.  The 
building  committee  consisted  of  Messrs.  George  W.  Housel, 
John  Dickson,  James  McKeen  and  Joseph  Dawes.  $1,095.00  were 
subscribed  for  the  alteration.  Twenty-one  new  pews  were  gain- 
ed, of  a  value  ranging  from  $95.00  to  $125.00  each.  During 
the  improvement  worship  was  conducted  in  Christ's  Lutheran 
Church,  corner  4th  and  Ferry  Streets  through  the  Christian 
kindness  of  that  church ;  acknowledgment  of  which  is  embodied 
in  the  minutes  of  our  board  of  trustees.  When  completed  and  op- 
ened again  for  worship.  Dr.  Gray  preached  from  Haggai,  second 
chapter,  seventh  verse,  "I  will  fill  this  house  with  glory,  saith 
the  Lord  of  Hosts,'"  on  December  27th,  1846. 

During  the  following  week  the  new  pews  were  all  sold  at  a 
premiuiT),  in  a  few  cases  as  high  as  $60.00  over  their  valuation. 

On  April  ist,  1845  Philip  H.  ]\Iattes  and  wife,  Catherine  in 
consideration  of  1040  dollars  deeded  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Easton  lots  285  and  286  on  the  town  plot,  beginning 
21  feet  east  of  vSitgreaves  Street  and  extending  easterly  89 
feet,  thus  making  out  total  frontage  on  Bushkill  Street  199  feet. 
When  the  church  was  enlarged  in  1846,  the  congregation  erected 
on  a  portion  of  the  lots  last  purchased  a  small  brick  session 
room  30  by  40  feet  one  story  high,  for  the  use  of  the  Sabbath 
School  and  for  midweek  services,  at  a  cost  of  1400  dollars.  In 
appearance  it  was  very  plain  indeed.  The  benches  placed  in  it 
were  of  the  plainest,  cheapest  style.  I  can  well  recall  the  depres- 
sing effect  the  general  impression  of  the  interior  had  on  the 
worshiper.  A  cheap  cast  iron  cylinder  stove  with  sheet  iron 
top.  an  utter  stranger  to  blacking,  stood  on  the  east  and  west 


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sides  of  the  room,  radiating  an  uncertain  amount  of  heat  on 
the  few  people,  mostly  females,  that  clustered  around  them  dur- 
ing the  service,  cut  short  in  righteousness  many  a  time  on  a 
cold  night.  In  1869  this  small  building  was  completely  remod- 
eled and  enlarged — a  second  story  added  and  the  length  in- 
creased by  about  30  feet.  The  width  of  the  front  was  in- 
creased by  an  addition  of  about  5  or  6  feet  on  each  side  for  use 
as  a  Sabbath  School  Library  Room  and  for  other  purposes.  A 
furnace  was  placed  in  the  cellar  to  heat  the  whole  building — 
the  second  story  was  partitioned  off  into  5  fine  rooms  in  general 
arrangement  as  seen  to-day.  New  settees  were  placed  in  the 
audience  room  for  the  use  of  the  Sabbath  School  and  Wednesday 
night  services — all  at  a  cost  of  about  $10,000.00  raised  by  sub- 
scription. In  1907  modern  methods  of  conducting  Sabbath 
Schools,  embracing  graded  classes,  as  well  as  because  a  better 
taste  in  architecture  and  a  sanctified  appreciation  of  the  home 
beautiful,  seemed  to  call  for  a  radical  change  in  our  session 
house.  Many  conferences  were  held  and  plans  presented  in- 
volving a  large  expenditure  and  the  occupying  of  much  of  the 
vacant  ground  between  the  church  and  the  present  site  of  the 
session  house ;  when  most  fortunately  it  was  decided  to  thor- 
oughly remodel  the  old  session  house.  The  work  was  given  in 
large  measure  into  the  hands  of  a  trustee,  whose  modesty  for- 
bids by  naming  him.  He  with  the  cooperation  of  the  President 
and  the  loyal  assistance  of  a  full  working  Board,  hung  the  sec- 
ond story  on  a  roof  truss,  and  removed  the  unsightly  iron  pil- 
lars that  should  never  have  been  put  in,  for  they  seemingly 
divided  the  room  in  two  parts,  and  were  absolutely  unnecessary. 
Then  dividing  up  the  abnormally  long  and  narrow  room  by 
two  pilasters  on  each  side  carrying  beautifully  modeled  girders — 
crowning  all  with  most  tastefully  tinted  side  walls  and  all  wood- 
work painted  ivory  white,  previously  borrowing  the  conception 
for  the  work  framing  the  pulpit  as  a  background,  from  the  pul- 
pit surroundings  in  the  church  as  they  were  before  the  radical 
change  therein  in  1879. 

No  talisman  ever  wrought  a  more  magical  change  than  was 


The  Original  Interior  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  as  it  appeared 
before  the  alterations  of  1876. 


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designed  and  carried  to  completion  under  the  exercise  of  that 
trustee's  taste. 

Reverting  to  an  earher  date  that  we  may  gather  up  the  loose 
ends  in  the  way  of  improvements  of  our  church  property,  in 
1852,  Elder  Thomas  McKeen,  who  was  a  tower  of  strength  in 
our  finances,  proposed  to  give  4200  dollars,  if  the  congregation 
would  supplement  it  with  650  dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  erect- 
ing a  fine,  large  parsonage  on  the  vacant  lot  adjacent  to  the  ses- 
sion house  on  the  West.  The  offer  was  accepted  and  the  par- 
sonage built — pretty  much  as  it  now  stands — the  very  best — 
most  stylish  and  roomy  home  for  a  pastor  in  Easton  to-day. 
Changes  have  been  made  in  the  building  in  some  respects ;  but 
not  always  improvements.  I  remember  it  was  always  said  that 
the  young  unmarried  men  in  the  congregation  paid  for  piping 
the  house  for  gas  and  for  all  the  gas  fixtures. 

In  1879  this  ever  progressive  people  met  and  discussed  furth- 
er improvements.  1  had  often  noticed  the  dirty  streaks  on  the 
wall  back  of  the  pulpit  that  gave  the  church  a  very  untidy  ap- 
pearance. Catechising  the  sexton,  Mr.  Weaver  as  to  the  proba- 
ble cause  of  it,  he  said  "Come  in  and  I  will  show  you."  His 
explanation  was  this — when  once  or  twice  a  year  he  cleaned  the 
church,  he  turned  the  full  force  of  the  water  through  a  hose  on 
to  the  white  woodwork  above  and  back  of  the  pulpit  to  wash 
off  the  accumulated  dust,  the  dirty  water  ran  down  the  wall  and 
streaked  the  paper.  That  was  a  sufficient  explanation ;  and 
v.dien  shortly  after,  the  congregation  was  called  together  by  the 
trustees,  to  decide  what,  if  any,  changes  should  be  made  in  the 
interior  of  the  building,  and  quite  a  number  of  our  prominent 
members  favored  retaining  the  galleries  and  repainting  all  the 
woodwork  in  white,  the  hose  incident  furnished  me  with  a 
strong  point  that  proved  a  powerful  factor  in  framing  the  deci- 
sion to  reduce  the  quantity  of  white  woodwork,  that  resulted 
finally  in  the  radical  transformation  of  the  whole  interior. 

It  is  convenient  just  here  to  tell  in  few  words  how  nearly  we 
came  to  losing  our  dear  old  church  by  fire.  This  same  Mr. 
Weaver,  our  sexton,  was  also  the  night  watchman  at  the  Easton 
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Bank.  He  assured  me  in  the  most  positive  manner  that  one 
night  about  midnight  when  a  terrific  windstorm  was  raging,  a 
voice  seemed  to  say  to  him  "Go  right  down  to  the  church  or 
it  will  soon  be  in  ashes."  Duty  to  the  bank  said  "Don't  go 
away.  You  have  no  right  to  go.  Your  place  is  here."  The 
voice  said  repeatedly  "Go  to  the  church  at  once."  He  went 
and  as  he  opened  the  door  to  the  Sabbath  School  room  under 
the  north  part  of  the  building,  he  saw  the  wainscoting,  just 
c'.bove  which  the  smoke  pipe  then  red  hot,  passed  through  a  parti- 
tion on  its  way  to  the  chimney,  all  in  flames  working  rapidly 
up  and  to  right  and  left.  He  opened  the  door  leading  to  the 
furnace  room  and  found  as  he  said  and  firmly  believed,  that 
the  violent  wind  had  drawn  the  upper  door  shut  and  the  greatly 
increased  draft  had  overheated  furnace  and  pipe.  There  were 
no  portable  fire  extinguishers  in  those  days ;  but  with  a  few 
buckets  of  water  always  kept  ready  for  use,  he  soon  succeeded 
in  quenching  the  blaze.  He  heeded  the  vision's  voice  and  our 
church  building  was  saved  and  he  was  saved  a  charge  of  culpa- 
ble forgetfulness  in  not  opening  the  upper  door  of  the  furnace 
before  he  went  to  the  bank  in  the  early  evening.  Reverting  to 
proposed  improvements  it  was  finally  decided  to  award  a  con- 
tract to  Mr.  George  E.  Seiple  to  tear  out  the  galleries  in  fofo — • 
cut  the  first  and  second  tiers  of  windows  into  one,  forming  a 
row  of  long  and  rather  narrow  windows  in  which  were  placed 
colored  panes  as  at  present — one  only,  so  far,  being  supplanted 
by  the  beautiful  representation  of  the  Nativity — the  gift  of  the 
children  of  Mirs.  Emma  Raub  Stout,  long  a  faithful  member 
of  this  church,  in  memory  of  their  sainted  mother.  I  presume 
many  present  to-day  remember  the  beautiful  green  Venetian 
blinds  that  in  days  previous  to  1879,  shaded  the  windows  under 
and  over  the  galleries.  The  old  white  pine  pews  were  remov- 
ed— the  floor  was  dropped  to  an  incline  northward  of  3  feet,  be- 
ginning at  the  level  of  the  vestibule  floor  and  inclining  to  near 
the  pulpit  on  a  regular  grade.  The  position  of  the  pulpit  was 
changed  from  the  south  to  the  north  end  of  the  church.  Mr. 
George   E.    Seiple   told   me   not   long  since   of  a    startling-  inci- 


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dent  that  occurred  one  very  hot  and  sultry  afternoon  when  they 
were  bringing  the  lowering  of  the  church  floor  bodily  to  a 
conclusion.  The  two  tiers  of  side  windows  had  been  cut  into 
one  tier — the  galleries  and  pews  had  all  been  removed  and  the 
whole  structure  had  a  very  dilapidated  look.  The  tall  trestles 
for  work  at  the  windows  had  been  left  standing  on  the  floor 
that  was  being  lowered  bodily.  Mr.  Seiple  had  had  the  inside 
faces  of  the  uncommonly  thick  and  well  laid  foundation  walls 
on  the  east  and  west  sides  chipped  off  by  masons  by  dint  of  much 
time  and  toil  and  sloped  to  the  required  pitch  northward.  The 
more  than  a  dozen  workmen  were  cautiously  removing,  by  slow 
stages,  the  props  beneath  the  floor,  when  the  cellar,  in  which 
they  were  working  at  close  quarters,  became  dark  as  pitch  by 
reason  of  the  gathering  thunder  clouds — the  darkness  by  times 
relieved  by  the  most  vivid  flashes  of  lightning  imaginable — peal 
after  peal  of  rolling  thunder  shook  the  building  fearfully; 
when  all  at  once,  synchronously  with  a  crowning  commotion  in 
the  elements,  there  was  a  crash  in  their  midst,  as  though  the 
church  had  collapsed.  The  culminating  crash  was  followed  by 
a  succession  of  deafening  sounds  on  the  floo'r  above  them,  pro- 
ceeding, as  they  afterwards  found,  from  the  falling  over  of  the 
tall  trestles — each  striking  its  neighbor  as  it  fell  till  all  had  fal- 
len. When  the  atmosphere  became  clear  of  dust,  each  man 
looked  to  his  fellow  like  a  ghost,  so  white  had  their  faces  be- 
come from  fright;  but  there  was  the  floor,  fallen  to  its  desired 
position,  as  it  has  stood  ever  since  without  a  moment's  adjust- 
ment. Mr.  Seiple  said  that  what  made  the  fright  more  terrific 
was  the  fact  that  that  very  day  some  wiseacres  were  predicting 
a  collapse  from  the  cutting  out  of  the  brickwork  between  the  tiers 
of  windows  on  each  side,  which  he  had  himself  advocated  as 
safe  beyond  the  shadow  of  a  doubt. 

Beautiful  black  walnut  pews  holding  six  persons  each,  were 
installed.  The  organ  was  brought  down  from  the  gallery,  and 
was  placed  back  of  the  pulpit  and  played  through  the  use  of 
long  trackers  reaching  to  the  keyboard  in  front  of  the  pulpit — 
the  quartet  choir  sitting  on  a  curved  seat  that  encircled  the  or- 


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ganist's  stool  and  rising  to  a  raised  platform  about  7  inches 
high,  stood  facing  the  congregation  while  singing.  The  two 
front  doors  were  removed  and  one  large  central  door  put  into 
the  front  and  opened  through  two  large  plate  glass  doors  open- 
ing right  and  left  from  a  large  stationary  plate  glass — all  acting 
as  a  protection  from  cold  draughts  of  air  and  admitting  abund- 
ance of  light  into  the  vestibule  that  spanned  the  whole  front  of 
the  church. 

From  this  vestibule  there  ascended  in  a  square  tower  at  its 
eastern  end  a  convenient  stairway  leading  to  the  beautiful  new 
gallery  spanning  the  south  end  and  supplied  with  34  black  wal- 
nut pews  that  seat  130  persons  comfortably.  This  improvement 
cost  $8,000.00.  In  Rev.  Carlile's  pastorate,  1887  to  1890,  an 
addition  of  30  feet  in  form  of  a  true  semi-circle,  was  placed  to 
the  north  end,  beginning  at  the  south  side  of  the  first  north 
window  on  each  side  of  the  building.  The  present  two  large 
windows  were  installed  in  the  north  end.  A  contract  was  made 
with  Cole  and  Woodbury  of  Boston  for  the  present  three  bank 
organ  for  the  sum  of  $3,500.00  and  the  old  organ,  which  was 
sold  by  their  order  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Bangor.  Pa. 
The  new  organ  was  placed  between  the  two  large  northern 
windows  and  ample  space  given  the  choir  in  front  of  the  organ 
and  back  of  the  pulpit  platform.  In  the  winter  of  1890-91  the 
entire  front  and  tower  of  our  church  was  ruined  and  fell  out- 
ward from  being  undermined  by  the  breaking  of  a  large  water 
pipe  during  the  construction  of  a  deep  sewer  in  the  middle  of  Bush- 
kill  Street.  The  reconstruction  of  the  front  in  which  were  now 
placed  the  present  beautiful  stained  glass  windows,  and  the  ex- 
tension of  the  front  about  12  feet  beyond  its  former  width, 
with  a  tower  at  each  end  and  a  wider  and  handsomer  vestibule 
with  stained  glass  windows,  involved  an  outlay  of  about  $9,000.00 
— no  reimbursement  being  made  to  the  corporation  for  the  dam- 
age sustained.  Coincident  with  session  room  improvements  that 
were  being  made  in  1907,  there  was  being  done  on  the  outside 
in  our  cemetery  grounds  a  decided  betterment  in  the  filling  up 
and  grading  of  the  ground.     This   was  accomplished  by  utiliz- 


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ing  the  5163  two-horse  wagon  loads  of  earth  dug  from  the 
cellar  of  the  Northampton  County  National  Bank,  corner  4th 
and  Northampton  Streets,  that  were  given  us  without  cost  oth- 
er than  for  the  spreading  and  levelling.  Previous  to  such  fil- 
ling in,  an  opportunity  was  given  the  relatives  of  those  buried 
there,  to  remove  them  to  the  cemetery.  In  cases  where  all  rela- 
tives were  dead  or  the  living  objected  to  the  removal  of  their 
dead,  a  chart  was  carefully  prepared  indicating  precisely  the 
relation  of  the  coffins  to  certain  fixed  points  or  markers,  so  that 
if  at  any  time  hereafter,  removal  is  desired,  there  will  be  no 
trouble  to  find  the  place  of  their  interment.  By  spreading  the 
new  earth  at  an  average  depth  of  3  to  4  feet  over  our  whole 
lot  including  parsonage  yard,  we  have  secured  a  most  beautiful 
lawn  that  enhances  greatly  the  value  of  our  whole  property. 

I  omitted  to  say,  when  describing  our  church  edifice,  that  the 
original  building  and  the  first  addition  to  the  north  end,  was 
surmounted  at  that  end  by  a  substantial  cupola  or  belfry  and 
the  heavy  timbers  that  supported  it,  were  utilized  by  Mr.  Seiple 
when  in  1888  he  constructed  the  last  northern  semi-circular  ex- 
tension, by  laying  them  in  a  fanlike  form  from  a  radiating 
center  as  a  basis  for  the  roof  at  that  place. 

The  first  seats  in  the  session  room  were  brought  from  the 
school  room  under  the  north  half  of  the  church,  and  were  very 
cheap  and  uncomfortable — were  about  5  feet  long  and  had 
backs.  These  were  followed  by  more  expensive  and  more  com- 
fortable settees  with  reversible  backs  but  with  seats  rather 
narrow.  Next  came  seats  with  backs  and  joined  in  sets  of 
two,  three  and  four,  and  adjustable  to  form  a  figure  around  the 
single  seat  of  the  teacher  of  the  Sunday  School  class.  These 
were  followed  by  chairs  as  at  present.  This  concludes  the  his- 
tory of  the  church  property — what  one  may  style  the  Static 
work  of  the  church. 

As  before  remarked,  the  two  classes  of  church  work  so 
closely  intertwine  that  we  must  guard  against  too  violent  separa- 
tion of  them  for  fear  of  doing  injury  to  one  or  the  other.  Con- 
veniently planned  and  artistic  buildings  do  not  make  an  eflfec- 


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tive  church.  It  is  deep,  bed-rock  preaching  that  goes  down  to 
the  Calvanistic  foundation  of  things  spiritual,  if  it  is  a  Presby- 
terian congregation,  and  cements  each  superimposed  layer  with 
the  virtue  of  Christ's  blood  and  spotless  righteousness,  that 
brings  results  worth  having.  For  the  most  part  we  have  al- 
ways had  such  preaching;  and  adults  and  children  as  well,  have 
been  taught  that  the  best  of  good  works  to  the  extent  of  render- 
ing everyone  about  us  happy  in  the  usual,  but  wrong  acceptation 
of  the  word,  will  avail  nothing  and  are  effective  and  redound  to 
eternal  life,  only  as  they  are  the  indices  to  the  world,  not  to 
God,  of  a  consecrated  heart  and  life. 

Mr.  Bishop  continued  to  supply  the  church  till  his  death  on 
May  19th,  1822,  having  labored  five  years  and  a  half  in  Easton. 
His  remains  were  buried  in  the  rear  of  our  church ;  but  now 
rest  in  our  beautiful  Easton  cemetery.  He  was  born  at  Ringoes, 
New  Jersey,  and  at  his  death  was  31  years  old.  His  paternal 
parent  and  grandparent  were  of  very  worthy  English  stock  of 
Presbyterian  faith.  David  Bishop,  Sr.,  his  father,  married  a 
Miss  Anna  Schenck  of  Holland  stock — ^\vas  a  colonel  in  our 
Revolutionary  war,  and  at  its  close  settled  at  Ringoes,  where 
he  built  the  Amwell  Academy  at  his  own  expense.  He  was  an 
elder  in  the  First  Amwell  Church.  David  Bishop,  Jr.,  was  the 
youngest  but  one  of  nine  children.  Descended  as  he  was  from 
Scotch  Irish,  English  and  Holland  stock,  who  were  all  Pres- 
byterians, his  was  truly  the  heritage  of  the  righteous.  He  was 
graduated  at  Princeton  College  in  September,  1819,  and  had 
as  classmates  a  number  of  men  who  became  distinguished  in  the 
various  walks  of  professional  life,  such  as  George  M.  Dallas 
of  Pennsylvania,  Abel  Upvhur  of  Virginia,  Chancellor  Johns 
of  Delaware  and  Chancellor  Halstead  of  New  Jersey.  In  iStt 
he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Academy 
and  continued  to  teach  there  till  181 5  on  a  salary  of  $900.00  to 
$1000.00 — a  large  salary  for  so  young  a  man  in  those  days. 
He  studied  theology  under  Dr.  Woodhall  of  Freehold,  N.  J.— 
was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  at  New  Brunswick,  and  in  1815 
became  assistant  to  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Armstrong,  pastor  of  the  First 


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Presbyterian  Church  at  Trenton,  N.  J.  In  the  fall  of  1815  he 
married  Sarah  Caroline  Prall,  daughter  of  John  Frail,  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier  of  Prallsville,  N.  J. 

When  Mr.  Bishop  came  to  Easton  in  1816,  the  field  was  alto- 
gether uninviting,  without  any  house  of  worship — in  a  town 
whose  reputation  was  far  from  savory — a  town  in  which 
drinking  and  Sabbath  desecration  and  dancing  at  public 
houses  and  card  playing  galore,  justified  the  name  of  Sodoni, 
as  I  myself  heard  it  called  at  a  later  day  in  the  city  of  brotherly 
love.  He  occupied  for  a  time  the  house  at  the  northwest  corner 
of  Second  and  Spring  Garden  Streets,  later  tenanted  by  Rev. 
Thomas  Pomp,  D.  D.  The  immoral  status  of  Easton  was 
probably  referable  to  the  fact  that  there  was  at  that  early  day 
but  one  resident  pastor  in  it.  Rev.  Pomp  at  that  time  lived  in 
one  of  his  country  parishes.  The  only  pastor,  a  German,  name 
not  known  to  me,  was  lax  in  discipline  and  was  not  by  any 
means  a  model  Christian,  for  he  allowed  his  fondness  for  his 
violin  to  betray  him  into  frivolous  performances  on  it  on  his 
front  porch  on  Sunday  afternoons.  Seemingly  forgetting  that 
things  that  are  lawful  may  not  be  expedient,  and  if  practised, 
may  do  much  harm. 

Pious  without  austerity  ]\Ir.  Bishop  united  all  the  cheerful- 
ness of  the  companion  and  the  polish  of  the  intelligent  gentleman 
with  the  simplicity  of  the  Christian.  Mr.  Bishop  being  an  ex- 
cellent linguist,  was  well  equipped  for  his  supplementary  work 
of  teaching,  for  he  was  a  very  scholarly  man  of  fine  presence 
and  in  his  classical  school  conducted  in  the  academy  on  the  hill 
on  Second  Street,  as  I  have  heard  my  father  say,  he  did  ex- 
cellent work  in  fitting  young  men  thoroughly  for  Princeton 
College.  From  him  doubtless  Dr.  Jonh  Vanderveer  got  those 
ideas  about  teaching,  when  he  was  Mr.  Bishop's  assistant  in 
1817  and  1818,  which  rendered  him  so  famous  when  ten  years 
later  and  six  years  after  Mr.  Bishop's  death,  he  opened  a  Classi- 
cal vSchool  of  his  own  in  our  borough. 

Mr.  Bishop's  manner  in  the  pulpit  was  solemn,  impressive 
and  deeply  earnest.     His  advent  in  Easton  aroused  what  relig- 


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ious  element  there  was,  to  unwonted  activity  and  surprised  the 
indifferent  German  element.  Being  a  man  of  strong  convic- 
tions, he  proclaimed  vigorous  doctrines  without  fear.  It  is  said 
of  him  that  a  neighboring  minister  somewhat  lax  in  his  theology 
and  "morals,  remonstrated  with  Mr.  Bishop,  predicting  that  such 
''horrific  preaching"  would  empty  his  church;  but  it  proved  to 
have  just  the  opposite  effect,  as  it  always  does,  when  done  in 
the  Spirit  of  the  Gospel.  Cowardly,  inane,  pointless,  goody, 
goody  preaching  is  one  of  the  surest  ways  of  emptying  a  church 
and  disbanding  a  congregation.  Mr.  Bishop  was  by  no  means 
a  bigot,  but  was  kindhearted  and  liberal,  for  he  at  times  ex- 
changed with  the  first  Episcopal  Rector  in  Easton,  Rev.  John 
Rodney,  Jr.,  with  whom  he  was  on  particularly  friendly  terms — 
so  much  so,  that  on  a  Christmas  day  they  communed  together 
in  celebrating  Christ's  undying  love.  To  the  poor  and  lowly 
he  was  particularly  attentive.  The  colored  people  who  were 
quite  numerous  in  Easton,  loved  him  dearly  and  filled  the  por- 
tion of  the  gallery  of  the  church  set  apart  for  them.  He  held 
prayer  meetings  for  their  special  benefit.  Tunis  Francis  and 
Betty,  his  wife,  were  colored  people  of  consistent  Christian 
character,  of  whom  I  often  heard  words  of  praise  from  my 
parents.  My  father  always  spoke  of  him  as  a  very  instructive 
and  interesting  preacher — one  of  the  best  in  Newton  Presby- 
tery, which  could  boast  of  many  notable  preachers,  like  Camp- 
bell, Condit,  Lowrie,  Caudee,  Hunt  and  Dr.  Jacob  Kirkpatrick, 
grandfather  of  Ex- Judge  Kirkpatrick,  of  our  city.  His  manne- 
was  earnest,  his  sermons  practical,  yet  spiritual  in  thought. 
Mrs.  Bishop,  being  a  lady  of  refinement  and  of  a  vigorous  and 
cultivated  intellect,  was  a  valuable  helpmeet  to  her  husband  in 
the  conduct  of  a  female  prayer  meeting,  assisted  as  she  was  by 
a  Mrs.  Henrietta  Arndt,  a  worthy  Christian  worker.  Mr. 
Bishop  established  the  first  Sunday  School  in  Easton,  assisted 
by  Miss  Sophia  Kemper  and  two  ladies  of  a  family  of  Friends 
or  Quakers — the  Misses  Hannah  and  Margaret  Churchman, 
and  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Long,  who  became  the  first  wife  of  Col. 
Thomas  McKeen,  one  of  our  best  known  elders. 


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Mr.  Bishop's  whole  Hfe  was  an  eloquent,  impressive  and  in- 
structive sermon  to  the  people  of  his  small  charge.  His  death 
was  much  deplored  as  all  his  parishioners  loved  him  and  had 
felt  that  an  assured  future  of  usefulness  was  before  him.  His 
death  was  followed  by  a  large  ingathering  of  men,  who  refer- 
red their  awakening  to  his  work  among  and  for  them.  Hence 
his  crown  was  not  a  starless  one,  but  many  gems  are  sparkling 
there  in  glorious  beauty.  Mr.  Bishop  was  a  good  temperance 
man.  A  paper  to  which  I  have  access  quotes  from  one  of  his 
sermons  on  the  observance  of  the  Sabbath,  as  an  illustration 
of  his  composition,  as  well  as  illustrative  of  the  customs  and 
habits  of  his  time.  "Collecting  at  taverns  and  tippling  houses 
on  this  day  is  a  shameful  profanation  of  it.  I  should  be  very 
sorry  to  think  that  any  of  you,  my  friends,  would  ever  counte- 
nance such  a  demoralizing  and  God  provoking  practice.  But  I 
have  reason  to  believe  that  such  is  the  case  with  some  of  our 
neighbors.  Almost  every  Sabbath  brings  some  of  them  by  my 
door.  Oh !  how  it  pains  my  heart,  when  I  think  of  the  destruc- 
tive nature  of  their  errand.  If  there  is  no  law  to  reach  such 
practices,  Christians  and  the  friends  of  morals  and  good  order, 
ought  to  take  every  occasion  to  speak  of  those  things,  to  the 
shame  and  disgrace  of  those  guilty."  Speaking  of  lounging 
and  sleeping  on  the  Sabbath,  he  declares  with  pungency  that 
the  Sabbath  of  mere  physical  rest  is  the  Sabbath  of  brutes.  He 
was  a  tall,  light-complexioned  man  with  abundance  of  very 
dark  hair,  giving  him  a  handsome  appearance;  just  such  a  look- 
ing man  as  his  son,  Calvin,  my  classmate  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  medicine.  He  had  one  daughter,  Amelia  Ann, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Rev.  Ninnian  Bannatyne,  a  graduate 
of  Lafayette,  settled  at  Washington,  D.  C,  a  splendid  sermonizer 
and  eloquent  preacher,  whom  I  well  remember.  After  Mr. 
Bishop's  death,  his  family  continued  to  reside  in  Easton — his 
widow  suffering  terrific  headaches  produced  by  her  head  coming 
ii'.  contact  with  a  pump  handle.  An  operation  by  trepanning 
brought  relief,  so  that  her  last  days  were  passed  in  relief  from 
all  suffering. 


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His  decided  and  beneficial  influence  lived  after  him  and  in 
him  was  verified  the  scripture  that  says  "Blessed  are  the  dead 
who  die  in  the  Lord,  for  their  works  follow." 

After  the  death  of  Mr  Bishop,  the  congregation  was  minister- 
ed to  by  Presbyterial  supplies  until  September  of  same  year, 
1822,  when  Mr.  John  Gray,  a  licentiate  of  the  Associate  Re- 
formed Presbytery  of  New  York,  was  invited  to  preach  on  trial, 
and  his  ministrations  proving  acceptable,  he  was  invited  to  serve 
one  year,  as  stated  supply.  The  work  thus  begun  in  uncertainty 
was  prolonged  44  year,  7  months.  Mr.  Gray  took  up  the  work 
so  auspiciously  begun  by  Rev.  Bishop,  and  prosecuted  it  with, 
in  some  respects,  marvellous  success.  We  want  no  better  evi- 
dence of  such  success  than  the  two  enlargements  of  the  church 
edifice  to  accomodate  increasing  audiences  during  his  pastorate. 
In  the  church  archives  we  see  that  when  in  1846  the  congre- 
gation met  to  plan  for  further  enlargement  of  the  building,  a 
vigorous  move  was  made  in  favor  of  sending  out  a  colony  and 
to  help  erect  for  them  a  church  in  another  part  of  the  town ; 
but  before  the  plan  was  perfected,  a  committee  appointed  to  se- 
cure plans  for  enlargement,  reported  a  plausible  plan  for  in- 
creased accommodations  and  the  suggested  scheme  for  coloni- 
zation with  material  help,  was  smothered  efifectually  for  the 
time  being. 

The  movement  for  colonization  in  another  church  to  be  built 
by  aid  of  the  FiriSt  Church  was,  doubtless,  started  by  the  con- 
scientious and  pugnacious  Dr.  George  Junkin,  President  of  La- 
fayette College,  who  had,  when  he  first  came  to  Easton  in 
1832  and  for  some  years  later,  been  very  friendly  with  and 
lielpful  to  Dr.  Gray.  Time  and  again  have  I  seen  Mr.  Gray 
walk  from  his  house,  then  at  Southeast  corner  Second  and 
Spring  Garden  Streets,  to  meet  Dr.  Junkin  and  family  coming  down 
Spring  Garden  Street  from  his  home,  northeast  corner  4tb 
and  Spring  Garden  Streets,  and  have  seen  him  ask  Dr.  Junkin 
to  preach  for  him,  for  he  was  suffering  from  a  cold;  and  the 
doctor  would  give  us  a  grand  sermon  full  of  spiritual  meat,  as 


Rev.  John  Gray,  D.  D. 
1822-1867 


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Go!  may  Jesus  guide  thy  going. 
May  He  be  where'er  thou  art; 
May  His  love  forever  flowing 
Cheer,   refresh  and   warm  thy   heart ! 
May  his  presence 
Never  from  thy  soul  depart ! 

And  where  no  farewell  is  spoken, 
Where  no  tear  the  cheek  shall  stain. 
Where  we  give  no  parting  token, 
There    shall    Christians    meet   again! 
Yes,  in  heaven, 
Saviour,  let  us  meet  again. 

Does  any  one  suppose  that  if  the  learned  Doctors  were  at 
serious  estrangement,  the  wife  of  one  of  them  would  have 
written  such  pleasant  words  respecting  the  other?     I  trow  not. 

Though  not  officially  connected  with  this  church,  it  may  not 
be  out  of  place  to  state  that  in  the  painful  controversy  at  the 
college  a  resolution  had  been  passed  by  the  trustees,  a  majority 
of  whom  resided  hereabouts  and  were  men  of  no  experience 
whatever  in  college  educational  methods,  calling  at  times  for 
strict  discipline,  that  gave  to  the  students  the  right  to  appeal 
in  case  of  supposed  grievances,  from  the  action  of  the  faculty  to 
the  board  of  trustees.  As  Dr.  Junkin  on  his  return  to  Lafay- 
ette from  Miami  in  1844,  became  the  inciting  factor  in  estab- 
lishing the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  it  is  but  right  to  say 
he  would  not  return  to  the  college  till  the  ofifensive  resolution 
was  rescinded  and  the  deciding  power  of  the  faculty  was  re- 
stored. For  several  years  the  doctor  seeing  the  First  Church 
crowded  to  its  full  capacity,  worked  for  the  extension  of  Pres- 
byterianism  in  this  community,  and  wrote  to  the  session  of  the 
First  Church  that  he  proposed  to  preach  in  the  Baptist  Church 
on  Ferry  Street  on  Sabbath  afternoons,  M^here  he  would  en- 
deavor to  meet  the  demands  for  increased  means  of  grace  by  a 
series   of   lectures   on    Experimental    Piety.        He    asked     their 


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consent  and  cooperation.  The  session  gave  its  consent,  but  in 
terms  that  indicated  that  the  proposal  was  distasteful  to  them. 
The  lectures  were  given — were  well  attended  and  resulted  in 
good.  As  was  anticipated,  they  led  to  a  petition  to  Presbytery 
for  a  second  church,  which,  much  to  the  surprise  of  most  mem- 
bers of  Presbytery,  was  violently  opposed  by  the  session  of  the 
First  Church.  Dr.  Gray  unfortunately  looked  upon  the  move- 
ment as  an  attempt  to  drive  him  from  Easton.  It  was  then  be 
preached  with  unusual  animation  on  the  text  "Touch  not  Mine 
annointed  and  do  My  prophets  no  harm."  No  one  felt  hurt, 
for  no  one  felt  that  he  was  suffering  from  any  attack,  save  in 
his  own  imagination.  Presbytery  organized  the  second  church, 
but  after  a  vain  struggle  against  persistent  opposition  from  this 
church,  it  asked  Presbytery  to  disband  it.  This  was  done  and 
most  of  its  members  applied  to  the  Dutch  Reformed  Classis 
of  New  Brunswick  to  organize  a  church  of  that  denomination 
here,  which  was  done.  Our  congregation  was  a  very  strong 
one  in  numbers  and  financially.  No  finer  appearing  body  of 
men  and  women  was  to  be  seen  anywhere.  The  vast  majority 
of  the  leaders  in  professional  life  as  well  as  the  most  prosper- 
ous merchants  and  tradesmen  in  the  community,  worshiped  at 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church.  Clergymen  from  the  cities  of 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore  and  Washington  frequent- 
ly remarked  the  attractive  and  intelligent  looking  congregation 
that  greeted  them  morning  and  evenings.  The  church  was 
proud  of  its  choir,  and  we  find  that  as  early  as  1826  John  Stew- 
art, Benjamin  Hinds  and  James  Wilson  took  turns  in  standing 
before  the  pulpit  and  leading  the  congregation  in  singing.  In 
1847  an  organ  was  purchased — 1830  the  organ  was  pronounced 
unequal  to  the  high  standard  set  for  their  church  music.  A  new 
and  much  finer  organ  was  purchased.  In  1832  a  musical  in- 
structor was  procured  to  meet  the  congregation  statedly  and 
teach  music.  In  the  early  forties  by  exchange  of  the  instruument 
purchased  in  1830  and  by  the  proceeds  of  a  fair,  a  still  better 
organ  was  obtained  that  served  till  in  1888  the  present  organ 
was  installed. 


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In  1832  the  trustees  discarded  stoves  in  the  church  and  puc 
in  a  furnace — in  same  year  Venetian  bhnds  were  installed  and 
the  aisles  carpeted  and  benches  with  backs  were  put  in  the 
Sunday  School  room  under  the  north  half  of  the  church.  In 
1817  the  opening  meetings  were  held  at  early  candlelight. 

In  1829  a  cast  steel  triangle  and  hammer  were  purchased  for 
$25.00,  to  call  the  people  together.  The  triangle  being  knocked 
to  pieces  by  the  hammer,  a  bell  weighing  844  pounds,  was  pur- 
chased through  a  Mr.  J.  D.  Holbrook  of  New  York  City  for 
$323.15,  which  a  little  later  for  a  reason  not  found  on  record, 
but  as  gathered  from  the  correspondence,  probably  a  to  harsh 
sound,  was  exchanged  for  one  weighing  572  pounds  and  cost- 
ing $196.04;  which  is  the  one  now  in  use. 

Sperm  candles  were  at  first  used  for  lighting.  In  1850  the 
trustees  resolved  thai  only  whale  oil  should  be  used  for  light- 
ing the  sanctuary.  In  1851  gas  was  introduced  and  electricity 
in  1888. 

A  few  words  in  regard  to  Sabbath  School  work.  To  be  ac- 
curate, the  church  was  born  of  the  Sabbath  School,  for  as  said 
before,  a  few  yious  men  feeling  a  responsibility  for  the  spiritual 
training  of  their  children,  made  their  wishes  known  to  Pres- 
bytery of  New  Brunswick,  and  through  it  obtained  an  English 
teacher,  who  gathered  in  the  young  and  fed  them  for  several 
years  till  a  church  organization  was  perfected.  After  the  com- 
ing of  Mr.  Bishop  the  Sunday  school  was  placed  on  a  sub- 
stantial basis  in  which  the  conspicuous  feature  of  Presbyterian 
oversight  of  the  lambs  of  the  flock  was  made  prominent ;  and  it 
has  continued  till  this  day.  Then  fit  religious  books  as  helps  to 
Bible  study,  were  rare  and  expensive.  Now  the  pendulum  has 
swung  to  the  opposite  extreme,  and  books  written  presumably 
for  enlightment  in  Bible  study  are  legion ;  but  not  always  free 
from  the  charge  of  trashy  excitants  of  the  youthful  mind. 
Down  to  1828  the  school  was  divided  into  two  departments — 
the  male  and  female,  each  under  a  separate  superintendent  and 
conducted   in   separate   rooms    or   separated   parts    of   the    same 


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room.     In  1824  the  expense  was  but  $4.79.     In  1825  there  were 
160  pupils  and  expense  $39.47- 

We  must  not  omit  to  mention  specifically  and  with  emphasis 
the  assistance  rendered  Dr.  Gray  in  the  school  by  James  Wilson 
and  Jesse  M.  Howell,  elders  deeply  interested  in  Foreign  Mis- 
sions. Truly  they  were  as  Aarons  and  Hurs  to  the  doctor.  A 
boy  in  a  school  in  India  supported  by  our  Sabbath  school,  was 
named  after  Mr.  Wilson.  At  one  time  in  1845  three  children 
in  India  were  supported  by  our  school.  In  1838  our  sessional 
record  shows  that  it  was  the  purpose  of  the  session  to  have  our 
church  support  a  Foreign  Missionary  of  its  own,  but  the  board 
of  foreign  missions  did  not  favor  the  plan.  We  were  50  years 
in  advance  of  the  Board.  In  1843  Thomas  Wilson,  a  colored 
man,  was,  at  a  special  meeting  of  Presbytery  in  our  church, 
ordained  to  the  work  of  the  ministry,  to  go  as  a  missionary  to 
Africa.  I  remember  he  preached  on  the  text  "He  is  brought 
as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter  and  as  a  sheep  before  her  shearers  is 
dumb,  so  he  openeth  not  His  mouth."  I  recall  distinctly  his 
personal  appearance  in  our  pulpit — a  strong,  well  built  man,  and 
that  his  sermon  and  prayers  were  thought  to  give  promise  of 
much  usefulness  among  his  race  in  Africa. 

In  1864  Mrs.  Margaret  E.  Eckard,  wife  of  Dr.  I.  R.  Eckard, 
and  mother  of  Dr.  L.  W.  Eckard,  organized  an  infant  school 
in  connection  with  our  Sunday  School,  which  has  ever  been  an 
interesting  feature  of  our  Sunday  school  work  under  most  able 
superintendents.  The  attendance  of  our  larger  school,  though 
drained  by  the  establishment  of  three  other  schools  as  nuclei  of 
churches,  has  been  uniformly  good,  though  constantly  crippled 
in  growth  and  usefulness  by  a  lack  of  competent  teachers.  It 
is  a  question  in  my  mind  whether  the  numerous  lesson  helps  so 
styled,  are  after  all  as  good  for  making  a  thorough  acquain- 
tance Avith  Bible  facts  and  doctrines  as  the  old  fashioned  study 
of  the  ^Vord  with  searching,  incisive  questions  by  the  teacher  and 
answers  by  the  scholar,  backed  by  his  or  her  citation  of  scrip- 
ture arrived  at  by  diligent  search.  The  school  has  not  always 
enjoyed  that  liberal  support  from  the  church  financiallv  that  its 


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importance  in  the  training  of  young  souls  for  life's  trials  and 
temptations  and  for  the  future  life,  would  justify  it  in  expect- 
ing. The  time  was  when  an  ardent  worker  in  the  school 
would  personally  solicit  money  for  new  books  and  thought  his 
work  a  success  if,  by  dint  of  persistent  solicitation  he  secured 
JiJ25.oo  and  that  perhaps  once  in  three  years.  Now  the  session 
recommends  the  payment  to  the  treasurer  of  the  school  of 
$225.00  annually.  Later  on  we  will  gather  together  in  one 
grand  total  all  the  contributions  to  benevolences,  using  the  word 
in  its  ordinary  sense,  from  the  beginning  of  our  church  life. 
In  April,  1875  there  was  an  average  attendance  of  200  scholars, 
and  the  church  gave  for  its  support,  $139.00,  which  was  rather 
below  the  average  contributions.  In  the  preceding  year  it  was 
$239.00.  In  April,  1812,  the  church  reported  14  members  to 
the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick.  In  1814  the  name  appears 
for  the  first  time  on  the  minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  but 
without  report.  In  181 5  the  first  benevolent  contribution  record- 
ed was  $38.65,  given  to  Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  In 
1820  it  gave  $2.00  to  Educational  Fund  and  $2.50  to  the  Mis- 
sionary Fund.  In  1825  there  were  96  communicants  and  total 
benevolences  $17.00.  In  1849  the  church  reported  407  mem- 
bers. In  1875  in  Dr.  Miller's  pastorate,  there  were  additions 
of  84  members,  the  largest  in  any  one  year  up  to  that  date. 
As  Dr.  Gray  was  so  long  the  pastor  of  the  church,  being 
identified  with  it  almost  from  its  organization,  the  history  of 
the  church  is  to  a  great  extent,  the  history  of  the  man ;  and 
much  that  has  been  previously  written  concerning  the  develop- 
ment of  the  congregation  and  its  acquisition  of  property,  now 
so  valuable,  really  belongs  to  his  career,  as  it  was  accomplished 
under  his  ministry.  The  doctor's  style  of  sermon  was  what 
might  be  called  ornate  with  the  frequent  use  of  the  alliterative 
words  "big,  bright  and  beautiful" — being  rather  pathetic  in 
tone  and  delivered  with  calm  dignity,  utterly  without  passion 
except  on  the  one  occasion  I  recall  and  to  which  I  have  already 
adverted.  Then  he  waxed  very  earnest.  I  recall  two  other 
texts — one  for  a  funeral  sermon,  "I  was  dumb  and  opened  not 


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my  mouth  for  Thou  didst  it/'  and  the  other — the  basis  of  a 
pungent  and  searching  sermon,  "Thou  art  the  man."  I  know 
of  two  souls  that  were  that  day  born  again  under  the  convicting 
power  of  the  Spirit.  Dr.  Gray  was  tall  and  thin — very  shapely 
and  well  dressed  in  black. 

I  very  distinctly  recall  hearing  my  parents  speak  of  the 
straits  to  which  all  on  board  the  vessel,  on  which  Rev.  John 
Gray  and  wife  Jane  embarked  for  New  Brunswick,  B.  A.,  in 
1820,  were  reduced  by  reason  of  the  voyage  being  prolonged 
by  adverse  winds  and  storms  to  many  times  the  usual  duration. 
They  were  kept  alive  by  soup  of  which  tallow  candles  were 
the  only  nutritive  ingredients.  It  was  then  too,  as  I  remember- 
ed it  told,  that  when  even  that  meagre  source  of  sustenance  came 
TO  an  end  and  despair  of  relief  overwhelmed  them  all,  resort 
was  had  to  a  drawing  by  lot  as  to  whose  life  must  be  forfeited 
to  save  the  lives  of  the  others,  and  the  lots  fell  on  Mrs.  Gray, 
a  season  for  prayer  was  observed  and  at  its  close,  a  vessel  was 
sighted,  and  all  were  rescued  and  landed  safely  at  one  of  the 
Bermuda  Isles — so  far  had  they  been  carried  from  their  course. 
This  answer  to  prayer  doubtless  led  to  the  opening  of  our  church 
at  sunrise  every  morning  for  prayer  in  1832  when  the  cholera 
appeared  in  New  York  City  and  claimed  many  victims  and 
sporadic  cases  in  Easton  caused  by  Christians,  who  worshiped 
God  as  not  alone  the  God  of  Redemption,  but  of  Providence 
as  well,  to  cry  to  Him  for  protection. 

These  sunrise  prayer  meetings  were  largely  attended  by  all 
classes  and  ages  and  without  doubt  led  to  calmness  of  mind  and 
indirectly  to  immunity  from  attack — so  far  as  I  can  learn  the 
First  Church  was  the  only  one  opened  for  the  purpose  stated. 

In  his  bearing  there  was  a  happy  blending  of  dignity  and  ur- 
banity. On  the  streets  his  step  was  slow  and  measured.  Re- 
garding his  attitude  on  church  extension  in  our  vicinity, 
though  at  the  time  I  felt  that  he  was  entirely  too  conservative, 
and  that  by  reason  of  his  being  so,  Presbyterianism  did  not  ad- 
vance as  it  should  have  done  and  would  have  done  under  one 
not  so  self -centered,  I  am  now  inclined  to  think  he  was  more 
3 


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than  half  right;  for  his  course  surely  developed  wonderfully  the 
static  force  of  his  church,  whilst  through  such  firm  planting  of 
our  church's  own  interests,  its  dynamic  power  made  itself  felt 
in  church  extension  in  our  vicinity,  safely  guarded  by  his  conser- 
vatism. It  may  make  apparent  the  doctor's  peculiar  method  of 
reasoning  conscientiously,  to  say  that  when  on  one  occasion  I 
took  to  him  a  dividend  from  our  fiiTn,  of  which  he  was  a  mem- 
ber, he  happened  to  use  a  steel  pen  to  sign  the  receipt,  he  said 
"Oh !  that  is  a  pen  for  hard  times" ;  looking  at  me  he  added, 
"Charles  do  you  know  that  I  pay  the  good  Lord  Twelve  Hun- 
dred Dollars  a  year  for  the  privilege  of  preaching  the  Gospel?" 
I  replied  "Why — no,  how  is  that?"  He  said  "It  costs  me  just 
that  much  more  to  live  than  I  am  paid  in  salary."  Dr.  Gray 
was  born  in  county  Monegan,  Ireland,  in  December,  1798 — was 
educated  at  Glasgow  University.  In  October,  1820,  was  licensed 
to  preach,  and  was  married  to  Miss  Jane  Sewers,  a  lady  of  a 
good  deal  of  poetic  talent.  The  abiding  afifection  of  many  of 
his  parishioners  found  expression  in  the  beautiful  bronze  tab- 
let, placed  on  the  west  wall  of  the  auditorium  in  1889 — the  en- 
compassing wreath  of  shamrock  sweetly  telling  the  land  of  his 
nativity  that  he  loved  so  dearly.  He  then  came  at  once  to  the 
province  of  New  Brunswick,  where  he  preached  for  18  months, 
and  then  came  to  New  York,  and  finally  in  1822,  to  Easton. 
His  salary  was  $350.00  the  first  year,  in  semi-annual  payments. 
In  1823  it  was  made  $400.00.  In  1824  it  was  $450.00.  In 
1828  it  was  $600.00.  In  1829  it  was  $800.00.  In  1843  it  was 
$900.00.  In  1846  it  was  made  $1,000.00.  to  which  the  parson- 
age was  added  free  of  rent  in  1853  :  and  so  it  continued  till  his 
death.  After  serving  as  a  stated  supply  six  years,  he  was  in- 
stalled as  pastor  in  1828,  thus  becoming  our  first  pastor.  In 
1866  his  health  failing,  his  son-in-law.  Rev.  Moses  A.  Depew, 
was  voted  his  assistant.  After  one  year's  service  he  removed 
to  Boston.  Dr.  Gray  still  failing  in  health,  he  ofifered  his  resigna- 
tion, which  was  formally  accepted  April  15th,  1867.  He  preach- 
ed for  the  last  time  on  first  Sabbath  of  April,  that  year,  and 
died  in  January,  1868. 


Rev.  Moses  Depue 
Assistant  1866-1867 


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Rev.  William  A.  Kerr  was  called  to  the  pastorate  September 
6th,  1867 — was  ordained  November  19th, — resigned  in  1870, 
and  removed  to  Williamsport. 

Rev.  Franklin  E.  IMiller  was  called  to  succeed  ^Mr.  Keer,  De- 
cember 28th,  1870,  was  given  charge  of  the  church  in  February, 
1871,  and  on  May  1st,  1871,  was  installed.     Dr.  W.  C.  Cattell 
preached  the  sermon.     Dr.  Jacob  Belville  delivered  the  charge 
to  the  pastor,  and  Dr.  C.  Earle  the  charge  to  the  people.     Mr. 
Miller,  in  a  pastorate  of  16  years,  grew  steadily  in  popularity — 
was  very  successful  in  winning  souls  to  the  obedience  of  Christ. 
He  was   instrumental   in   securing  the  thorough   remodeling   of 
the  church  edifice  in   1879.     He   was   an  excellent   organizer — • 
getting  places  for  work  in  the  church  by  the  young   men    and   then 
working  with  them,  he  so  wrought  as  to  endear  them  to  him  in 
loyal  assistance.     He  was  a  forceful  preacher  that  never  falter- 
ed in  his  duty  to  present,  explain  and  drive  home  to  the  heart 
and  conscience  of  his  people  the   Calvanistic  doctrines   of  his 
church,   that   as   an   ordained     minister     of     the     Presbyterian 
Church,  he  was  bound  to  enforce.       He  fully  believed  in  and 
worked   for  church  extension,   exalting  the  dynamic  above  the 
static  influence  of  his  pastorate.     Hence  we  find  him  planting 
mission  chapels  in  Seitzville,  at  Riverside  up  the  Delaware  riv- 
er road,  and  at  the  corner  of  12th  and  Northampton  Streets.     I 
will  never  forget  that  one  m.orning  meeting  Miss  Harriet  Por- 
ter, she  told  me  of  a  lot  at  that  corner  which  her  sister  Eliza- 
beth, then  deceased,  had  always  proposed  giving  to  our  church 
to  establish  a  mission  thereon.     She  said  "If  you,  after  examin- 
ing the  lot  and  studying  its  relation  to  that  part  of  the  borough, 
l^.ronounce  it  a  good  location,   I  will  deed  it  to  the  church  to 
carry  out  my  sister's  wishes."  Calling  at  once  on  Mr.  IMiller,  and 
telling  him  of  the  offer,  we  lost  no  time  in  walking  out  to  the 
lot,  studying  its  relations  to  that  part  of  our  growing  borough, 
and  decided  favorably  on  its  fitness  as  a  church  center.     I  call- 
ed  on   Miss    Porter,   told   her   of   my   opinion    fortified   by   Mr. 
Miller's.     She  then  said  that  if  I  would  quietly  ascertain  what 
the  house  and  lot  adjoining  her  lot  on  the  east,  could  be  bought 


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for,  if  the  price  was^not  excessive,  she  would  gladly  buy  it  and 
present  it  likewise  to  our  church,  so  as  to  form  with  the  last 
named  lot,  one  of  ample  dimensions.  Through  another  party  I 
got  the  information  sought  for,  and  Miss  Porter  bought  and  con- 
veyed it  to  our  church — a  noble  act  of  a  noble  woman.  I  re- 
member when  Miss  Porter  was  leaving  town  for  Europe,  as 
the  'bus  was  backed  up  to  the  curb  in  front  of  the  home  of  a 
fellow  traveller,  she  saw  me  passing — called  to  me  to  stop  at 
the  door  of  her  house  and  the  servant  would  hand  me  an  enve- 
lope containing  her  contribution  to  our  church  benevolences  for 
that  year.  On  opening  it  I  found  five  new  crisp  one  hundred 
dollar  bills  for  distribution  among  our  boards  as  I  thought  best. 
Her  sister,  Mrs.  Mary  Porter  Davis,  lovingly  left,  by  will,  a 
substantial  legacy  to  our  church. 

Resuming  my  account  of  Mr.  Miller's  work  for  the  church, 
he  was  always '  persevering,  and  if  one  favorite  method  of  at- 
taining his  end  did  not  work  to  his  satisfaction,  he  tried  an- 
other, till  success  crowned  his  efforts.  He  was  not  petulant  or 
cross  over  an  honest  defeat — nor  did  he  harbor  any  personal 
feeling.  Therein  we  saw  the  man.  Well  do  I  recall  how  when 
just  after  he  began  work  among  tis,  he  found  efforts  were  be- 
ing made  to  dislodge  him,  he  came  to  me  as  his  friend,  to  con- 
fer. He  evidently  was  not  a  little  discouraged.  I  begged  of 
him  to  keep  straight  on  preaching  a  vigorous  Gospel  in  love. 
Though  he  said  he  believed  it  would  take  two  generations  to 
live  down  the  opposition  and  thwart  the  machinations  of  his 
enemies,  he  said  he  would  w^ork  hard  and  do  his  level  best.  In 
a  few  years  he  was  the  most  poptilar,  because  the  most  logical 
and  instructive  preacher  in  Easton.  I  myself  heard  one  of  his 
most  persistent  opponents  when  he  first  came,  and  who  had  left 
the  church,  say  to  him  at  the  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  when 
the  pastoral  relation  was  dissolved,  "I  have  been  twice  sorry — 
sorry  when  you  came  and  remained  stemming  the  tide  against 
you  and  now  much  more  sorry  that  you  are  going  to  leave  out- 
town  and  Presbytery."  Mr.  Miller's  methods  were  peculiar 
1    feel  it  would  not  be  irrelevant  to  tell  how  on  a  time  when 


Rev.  Wm.  A.  Kerr 
1867-1871 


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there  was  no  morning  preaching  in  the  College  Chapel,  and 
his  strong  and  instructive  preaching  drew  many  students,  who 
fairly  filled  our  gallery  of  34  pews,  he  having  repeatedly  suf- 
fered annoyance  from  a  student  stretching  himself  in  a  semi- 
recumbent  position,  stopped  short  in  his  sermon — his  head  ner- 
vously moving  by  rapid  jerks,  from  side  to  side,  betraying  his 
excitement ;  he  said  "I  want  that  young  man  who  is  lounging 
in  the  gallery  to  sit  up  and  remember  that  this  is  not  the  Col- 
lege Chapel.  Whether  the  sermon  he  hears  is  always  worth 
his  wide  awake  attention  or  not,  it  is  always  worth  while  to  be 
a  gentleman."  Some  of  his  fellow  students  felt  aggrieved  at 
this  caustic  remark ;  but  no  matter,  Mr.  Miller  did  not  care  a 
straw  for  anyone's  presence  and  patronage,  if  to  get  it,  the 
dignity  of  the  service  was  to  be  compromised.  In  the  same 
spirit  he  rebuked  the  men  who  here  and  there  in  the  audience, 
put  on  their  overcoats  during  the  singing  of  the  doxology ;  say- 
ing their  dinners  would  not  sufifer  from  the  trifling  delay.  To 
show  that  such  rebukes  did  not  diminish  his  audiences,  I  have 
seen  90  per  cent,  of  the  seating  capacity  of  the  church  filled 
every  Sunday,  and  the  same  proportion  of  our  session  room  on 
a  Wednesday  night  service.  Why  was  it?  Not  particularly  be- 
cause he  was  a  pleasant  or  eloquent  speaker ;  but  because  the 
people  were  paid  for  the  coming  by  the  high  class  spiritual  food 
they  received.  It  was  frequently  so  filled  in  Dr.  Carlile's  and  Mr. 
Haines'  time ;  for  then  Christians  did  not  forsake  the  assembling 
of  themselves  together  to  play  bridge  or  500,  as  the  manner  of 
some  now  is.  On  January  23d,  1887  (Sunday),  Mr.  Miller 
jireached  his  farewell  sermon  and  moved  to  Paterson,  N.  J., 
where  after  an  aggressive  and  successful  ministry  of  17  years 
and  9  months,  he  died  on  Wednesday,  October  5th,  1904.  He 
was  a  graduate  of  Miami  University  at  Oxford,  Ohio,  in  class 
of  1864 — was  a  major  in  a  colored  regiment  in  the  war  of  the 

Rebellion.     He   completed   his    seminary   course   at    Princeton 

was  settled  as  a  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Asbury, 

N.  J.,   whence  he  was  called  to  Kaston.     These  three  places 

Asbury,  Kaston  and  Paterson.  were  the  only  fields  of  his  pas- 


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toral  work,  which  he  did  thoroughly  in  each  place.  While  with 
us  his  salary  was  $1,600.00  without  parsonage — then  $1,800.00 
and  $2,200.00  with  parsonage. 

He  was  followed  by  Dr.  Allen  Douglass  Carlile,  now  of  Brook- 
lyn. He  came  from  Brockton,  Mass. — was  installed  May  5th, 
1887 — was  an  able  and  successful  preacher,  who  had  the  happy 
faculty  of  blending  philosophic  sermonizing  with  instructive 
and  attractive  presentation  of  the  truths  of  the  Gospel.  Under 
his  purgent  and  persuasive  preaching  quite  a  large  number 
confessed  Christ  before  the  world  and  swelled  the  church  roll 
to  470  members.  He  was  physically  not  a  strong  man,  being 
pale  faced  with  dark  hair;  that  gave  him  a  scholarly  look.  His 
pastoral  relation  was  brought  to  a  close  February  21st,  1890. 

On  February  12th,  1891,  Rev.  Francis  Stoddard  Haines  was 
installed  pastor.  He  was  called  from  Canajohaine,  New  York, 
by  call  of  December  19th,  1890.  The  services  of  installation 
were  held  in  the  Brainerd  Union  Church.  His  pastorate  began 
with  services  in  our  session  house  for  several  Sabbaths,  when 
we  hired  the  opera  house,  till  our  church  building  could  be  re- 
paired. Meetings  there  were  very  largely  attended,  and  being 
thus  widely  advertised,  his  hearers,  well  pleased  and  profited 
by  his  sermons,  followed  him  to  our  finished  church,  reopened 
January,  19th,  1892,  with  sermon  by  Dr.  Savage.  In  that  year 
we  enjoyed  one  of  the  largest  accessions  the  church  ever  had, 
117  being  added.  High  water  mark  was  reached  when  in  1896 
our  roll  was  swelled  to  673  members.  Rev.  Haines  was  a  good 
sound  preacher  of  the  Gospel  and  very  successful  in  building  up 
the  church  in  membership  as  well  as  in  all  its  activities,  as  the 
following  record  of  his  first  ten  years  of  service  fully  proves. 

In  1892  the  congregation  contributed  $13,320.00  to  defray 
expenses,  including  rebuilding  of  the  church  front.  In  that 
first  decade  232  members  were  dismissed  to  other  churches,  and 
97  died.  In  April,  1891,  the  roll  showed  421 ;  10  years  later  it 
was  578.  In  the  10  years  593  new  members  were  received — 
342  on  confession  and  251  by  certificate.  He  preached  234  fun- 
eral  sermons — married    70   couples — baptized    123   children    and 


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1871-1887 


39 

73  adults.  The  Sunday  school  had  650  scholars,  mcluding 
Riverside  and  Seitzville  schools.  Total  gifts  to  benevolences 
$25,421.00.  Total  for  all  purposes  $97,468.00,  or  an  average  of 
$9,746.00  per  year.  Rev.  Haines,  after  a  pastorate  of  twelve 
years  and  two  months,  resigned  to  accept  a  call  from  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Goshen,  New  York. 

Rev.  Plato  Tydvil  Jones,  of  Mattewan,  New  York  state,  was 
called,  and  was  installed  as  pastor  on  February  i6th,  1904,  and 
still  occupies  that  position.  It  would  not  be  decorous  to  com- 
ment on  the  work  of  a  present  incumbent.  Suffice  it  to  say 
that  Mr.  Jones  is  a  good,  faithful  Christian  worker  and  excel- 
lent pastor,  giving  with  unusual  liberality  to  all  the  benevolences 
of  the  church,  and  interested  in  every  good  work  in  the  city  and 
church.  The  yearly  accessions  maintain  a  fair  average  and  our 
benevolences  are  well  kept  up. 

It  is  but  fair  to  say  that  as  regards  attendance  on  the  ordi- 
nances, many  distracting  influences  'are  at  work  that  did  not 
prevail  twenty  or  even  ten  years  ago.  Sunday  excursions  and 
automobiles  are  proving  ruinous  factors  in  the  church  life  of 
all  denominations.  The  only  remedy  is  constant  and  untiring 
warfare  against  all  such  indulgences  on  the  Sabbath. 

Another  instance  of  aflfectionate  remembrance  of  our  church 
was  found  in  the  will  of  Mr.  William  Creveling,  recently  de- 
ceased. 

As  likewise  in  the  will  of  Mrs.  Anna  Carpenter,  who  be- 
fore her  departure  to  her  abiding  home  on  high,  set  her  house 
in  order  and  provided  for  a  continuance  of  the  means  of  grace 
for  those  who  should  come  after  her  in  her  church  home.  Her 
husband's  gift  to  the  church  of  this  magnificent  copy  of  the 
Word  of  God,  in  her  mem.ory,  is  highly  appreciated. 

Another  beautiful  expression  of  consecrated  devotion  to  our 
church  is  seen  in  the  handsome  Hymn  Boards  recently  placed 
in  this  auditorium,  as  well  as  in  our  Session  House  by  a  lady 
member  of  the  church,  ever  constant  and  loyal. 

The  total  contributions  of  our  church  during  the  hitndred 
years  now  ended,  are  to  be  considered  in  the  light  of  a  struggle 


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against  poverty  for  at  least  25  years  of  our  early  life.  They 
total  $443,737.15.  Of  this  amount  $300,725.00  was  for  con- 
gregational work,  or  the  static  work  of  the  church,  and  $143.- 
012.15  was  for  benevolences,  or  the  dynamic  work  of  the  church. 

It  is  convenient  here  to  note  the  status  of  our  church  in  its 
relation  to  sister  churches  of  the  same  Caivanistic  faith  and 
church  government.  For  a  triHe  over  a  year  after  Mr.  Bishop 
became  our  second  stated  supply,  we  belonged  to  the  Presbytery 
of  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey.  The  Presbytery  of  Newton 
was  organized  at  Mansfield,  now  Washington,  N.  J.,  November 
18th,  1817.  Mr.  Bishop  was  present  on  that  occasion  to  partici- 
pate as  our  representative  in  the  organization,  being  one  of  the 
twelve  composing  the  new  Presbytery — nine  representatives  be- 
ing on  the  ground  at  the  time  of  organization. 

In  1851  the  Presbytery  of  Newton  overtured  the  General 
Assembly  to  change  the  boundary  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey, 
so  as  to  place  the  churches  in  Pennsylvania  South  of  Martin's 
Creek  in  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia.  I  presume  it  was  done,  as 
I  have  heard  intimated,  to  give  Lafayette  College  the  benefit  of 
a  stronger  financial  backing  in  the  churches  of  Pennsylvania. 

On  June  22d,  1870  the  Presbytery  of  Lehigh  was  constituted 
by  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia,  and  our  church  was  thus  trans- 
ferred from  the  Second  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  to  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Lehigh. 

The  Durham  Church  of  Bucks  County  was  the  first  church 
organized  out  of  this  church,  on  March  23d,  1836.  A  nucleus 
of  a  congregation  had  been  ministered  to  by  Rev.  Bishop  and 
Rev.  Gray.  It  enjoyed  but  a  brief  existence — Durham  soil  not 
proving  favorable  to  the  growth  of  Caivanistic  doctrines. 

In  1876  Dr.  Miller  said  'T  recognize  among  our  communicants 
38  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  and  there  are  probably  others  with 
whom  I  am  not  acquainted."  In  the  list  are  the  names  of  Prof. 
William  H.  Green  of  Princeton,  the  eminent  philologist,  and 
Prof.  Charles  Elliott,  D.  D.  of  Lafayette.  To  this  list  may  be 
added   seven  ministers   sent   out   during  Mr.    Haine's   pastorate. 


Rev.  Douglass  A.  Carlile,  D.  D. 
1887-1890 


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and  I  can  testify  to  the  substantial  assistance  rendered  by  our 
church  to  a  number  while  struggling  through  the  college. 

List  of  Ministers. 


I. 

Barr,  Andrew 

2. 

Beers,  Robert 

3- 

Berg,  William  V. 

4- 

Bunstein,  Henry  L,. 

5- 

Callan,  James 

6. 

Clifton,  Samuel  T. 

7- 

Davis,  Luther 

8. 

Depui,  Jacob 

9- 

Eckard,  L.  W. 

lO. 

Elliott,  Charles 

II. 

Farquhar,  John 

12. 

Ferrier,  Edsall 

13- 

Gaston,  Daniel 

14. 

Gra}^  Thomas  M. 

15- 

Green,  William  Henry 

16. 

Grube,  C.  Howard 

17- 

Hall,  Isaac 

iS. 

Hamlen,  Harry 

19- 

Heckman,  George  C. 

20. 

Hervey,  Peter  B. 

21. 

Hunter,  James 

22. 

Hutchison,  S.  G. 

23- 

Howell,  Jesse  L. 

24. 

Johnson,  John 

25- 

Jones,  Charles 

26. 

Keller,  George  T. 

27. 

Kolb,  John  B. 

28. 

L,ane,  Cornelius 

29. 

Lowrie,  John  M. 

30- 

Loux,  E.  A. 

31- 

Markarian,  Jacob 

32. 

McCool,  Joseph 

33- 

Nassau,  Joseph 

34- 

Noble,  W.  R.  E. 

35. 

Pollock,  George  C. 

36. 

Porter,  T.  C. 

37- 

Prior,  Azariah 

38. 

Ramsay,  James 

39- 

Reimer,  E.  F. 

40. 

Riley,  William 

41. 

Salmon,  J.  M. 

42. 

Sciple,  C.  Morton 

43- 

Shannon,  T.   B. 

44- 

Tulley,  Andrew 

45- 

Tulley,  David 

46. 

Weller,  W.  W. 

47- 

Worrell,  Charles  F. 

48. 

Worrell,  Joseph 

49- 

Youngman,  Robert  Barber 

As  the  congregation  grew  in  local  influence  and  importance, 
manifesting  the  outworking  of  the  forces  latent  in  the  various 
nationalities  composing  it,  it  soon  out-stripped  the  more  phleg- 
matic German  element  that  entered  all  the  other  churches,  till 
the  lively,  earnest  and  enthusiastic  Methodists  forged  to  the 
front  in  the  30  to  40  years  that  followed  our  genesis.  As  we 
saw  when  speaking  of  the  infancy  of  our  church  (  it  was  a 
sincere  desire  for  the  edtication  of  the  young  that  burned  in 
the  hearts  of  our  early  fathers,  and  necessitated  the  establish- 
ment of  our  church,  and  thank  God,  coincident  with  such  de- 
sire, a  recognition  of  the  fact  that  edtication  without  Divine 
grace  is  often  a  curse  instead  of  a  blessing. 

And  now,  behold  on  December  27th,   1824,  a  number  of  the 


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members  of  our  church,  meetmg  at  the  public  house  of  Wihiam 
White,  a  member  of  our  church,  and  the  grandfather  of  Dr. 
Wihiam  W.  Cottingham,  to  deUberate  on  the  feasibihty  of  estab- 
lishing a  college  in  our  midst.  I  firmly  believe  that  if  ever  on 
earth  the  overshadowing  influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit  wrought 
upon  an  assembly  of  men,  that  silently  persuasive  spirit  entered 
the  hearts  and  controlled  the  minds  of  those  men  till  Lafayette 
College  was  quickened  into  life.  Elder  Thomas  McKeen  pre- 
sided at  the  meeting,  and  was  for  many  years  the  treasurer  of 
the  college.  Elder  James  M.  Porter  was  Professor  of  Juris- 
prudence and  Political  Economy,  and  for  25  years  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  Judge  Joel  Jones,  a  member, 
was  secretary  of  the  board.  Dr.  Gray,  our  pastor,  was  for  13 
years  a  trustee,  and  elder  Jesse  M.  Howell  was  one  of  the  origi- 
nal trustees.  Who  can  estimate  the  work  done  for  the  Master 
during  nearly  90  years  by  the  graduates  of  the  college,  who 
have  planted  the  standard  of  the  cross  all  over  earth's  broad 
acres? 

In  1848  a  number  were  dismissed  to  form  a  second  Presby- 
terian Church,  which  was  in  1851,  disbanded,  and  most  of  its 
members  joined  the  American  Reformed  Church.  March  5th, 
1853  thirty-four  members  were  dismissed  to  form  the  Brainerd 
Church.  On  December  nth,  1853  twenty  were  dismissed  to 
organize  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Phillipsburg,  N.  J., 
whose  daughter  is  the  Westminster  Church  of  Phillipsburg,  N. 
J.,  organized  in  1886.  In  1881  the  South  Side  Church  was 
organized.  In  1896  the  College  Hill  Church  was  organized,  and 
Olivet  in  1899.  Thus  our  First  Church  is  the  mother  of  one 
college  and  five  self-supporting  churches,  and  grandmother  of 
a  sixth,  and  still  has  two  daughters  as  yet  under  mother's  super- 
vision, healthy  and  growing  into  beautiful  symmetry. 

Believing  as  all  good  Presbyterians  certainly  do,  in  the  im- 
mortality of  the  soul,  and  that  at  death  the  souls  of  believers  do 
immediately  pass  into  glory,  may  we  not  tonight  think  of  our 
predecessors  in  the  work  of  this  church  in  days  long  past,  as 
interested   spectators,   looking   down    upon    us    from   the   battle- 


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rnents  of  Heaven,  and  rejoicing  with  us  over  souls  here  ransom- 
ed from  the  guilt  and  defilement  of  sin  by  Christ's  redemptive 
work,  now  clad  in  robes  washed  and  made  white  in  the  blood 
of  the  Lamb;  and  as  educing  sweetest,  grandest  music  from 
their  golden  harps  that  reverberates  through  all  the  mansions 
of  the  blessed,  while  the  accompanying  angelic  chorus  sings  "Of 
Him,  to  Him  and  through  Him,  are  all  things — to  Whom  be 
the  glory  forever  and  ever." 

We  have  shown  our  deep  interest  in  the  genesis  and  early 
years  of  Lafayette  College,  and  are  presumptuous  enough  to  de- 
sire a  share  in  the  pride  she  takes  in  some  of  her  eminent  alumni, 
such  as  Rev.  David  Coulter  of  Missouri,  Rev.  J.  B.  Ram- 
say, D.  D.  of  Virginia,  Rev.  Prof.  W.  Henry  Green  of  Prince- 
ton, Rev.  Ninian  Bannatyne  of  Washington  City,  Hon.  William 
A.  Porter  of  Philadelphia,  Rev.  John  M.  Lowrie,  D.  D.  of  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind.,  Rev.  W.  D.  Howard  of  Pittsburg,  Dr.  Thomas  C. 
Porter  and  Dr.  Charles  Elliott  of  Lafayette  faculty.  Rev.  Isadore 
Loewenthal,  the  distinguished  and  erudite  Israelite,  who  gave  the 
Bible,  in  their  own  tongue,  to  the  people  of  Afghanistan,  and 
Rev.  Robert  Watts,  D.  D.  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  and  hundreds  of 
others  who  have  done  life's  work  well,  and  have  gone  to  their 
reward.  May  the  college  ever  continue  to  advance  in  numbers 
and  usefulness.  May  harmony  and  good  fellowship  abide  among 
our  daughters  and  all  co-workers  together  for  the  furtherance  of 
the  faith  of  the  Gospel ;  and  God  in  His  mercy,  grant  that  we, 
as  a  church,  may  not  be  content  to  sit  with  folded  hands  and 
smile  with  complacency  at  the  good  work  done  by  others,  but 
the  rather  seek  to  strengthen  the  things  that  remain.  Let  us 
not  think  too  much  of  the  past  lOO  years,  but  look  forward  with 
steadfast  faith  combined  with  work,  relying  on  all-sufficient 
grace,  to  the  time  when  our  representatives  shall  in  numbers, 
join  the  multitudes  of  the  host  in  Heaven,  who  are  the  antitypes 
of  those  who  on  Mount  Zion,  prefiguring  the  entrance  of  Christ, 
the  King  of  Glory,  into  the  heavenly  Zion,  shouted  "Lift  up 
your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  even  lift  them  up,  ye  everlasting  doors ; 
and  the  King  of  Glory  shall  come  in." 


THE  CENTENARY. 


It  is  the  hope  that  these  Memorial  commemoration  services 
will  be  transmitted  to  posterity  as  a  grateful  remembrance  of 
the  unselfish  purposes,  the  loyalty  to  high  principles,  and  Church 
patriotism,  of  the  Founders  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Easton,  Penna.  The  exercises  commemorating  the  hundreth 
birthday  of  our  church,  commenced  on  Sunday  morning,  the 
eighth  of  October  191 1,  in  the  Auditorium.  The  order  of  wor- 
ship will  be  seen,  by  consulting  the  pamphlet  program  found 
stored  in  the  archives  of  our  church.  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Weller, 
D.  D.,  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  preached  the  opening  sermon.  It  was 
a  fine  doctrinal  discourse.  He  became  a  member  of  our  church 
in  1 88 1  and  was  ordained  to  preach  in  1888.  The  anniversary 
hymn  on  page  seven  is  a  very  beautiful  thought  and  is  the  real 
expression  of  Christian  praise  and  gratitude  and  justly  appro- 
priate to  the  occasion.  It  was  composed  by  Charles  Mclntire 
M.  D.,  one  of  the  ruling  Elders.  It  was  sung  by  the  large  con- 
gvregation  wnth  much  fervor  and  animation.  The  afternoon  ser- 
vice was  conducted  by  various  ministers  from  other  denomina- 
tions. The  greetings  were  very  informal  but  apropos.  The  ex- 
pressions were  most  cordial  throughout.  The  evening  service 
was  devoted  to  the  Sunday  School  and  Y.  P  S.  C.  E.  Rev. 
Charles  L.  Thomson,  D.D.  of  New  York  City,  preached  a  very 
strong  sermon  and  made  a  profound  impression  upon  the  large 
audience.  At  all  these  services  there  was  provided  special 
music  of  a  high  order.  Every  evening  was  occupied  with  some 
timely  historical  address  till  the  evening  of  the  12th.  For  sev- 
eral weeks  prior  to  the  opening  ceremonies,  the  session  held 
several  meetings  to  devise  appropriate  methods  for  celebrating 
this  notable  event  and  the  trustees  were  not  idle,  for  they  too 
held  meetings  to  consider  the  best  means  of  emphasizing  in  some 


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1903 


46 

daily  to  enjoy,  the  pt)rtrait  gallery,  supplemented  by  the  decora- 
tions of  prevailing  green.  People  seemed  to  love  to  linger  af- 
ter each  service,  to  scan  the  portraits  even  to  very  late  in  the 
night.  The  warmth  of  the  place,  the  refining  tone  and  general 
historical  atmosphere  was  effectual  in  attracting  many  people 
and  a  peculiar  fascination  seemed  to  possess  the  old  church. 

Mr.  Charles  Stewart,  was  the  historian  of  the  occasion  and 
the  paper  he  read  was  listened  to  with  rapt  attention.  After  the 
reading  of  the  paper  Mr.  Stewart  had  shown  upon  a  large  can- 
vas, a  series  of  historical  pictures,  embracing  all  the  pastors,  who 
officiated  during  the  hundred  years,  and  many  pictures  of  timely 
local  interest,  though  of  great  historical  value,  showing  the  old 
town  as  it  looked  50,  80  and  a  hundred  years  ago.  These  pic- 
tures and  the  explanations  given  by  Mr.  Stewart  formed  a  most 
instructive  and  profitable  as  well  as  pleasing  part  of  the  evening's 
entertainment. 

Tuesday  evening  the  loth  was  devoted  to  reminiscent  and  his- 
torical talks  on  "Presbyterianism  at  the  Forks  of  the  Delaware." 
This  theme  was  presented  by  different  Presbyterian  divines  and 
from  entirely  different  view  points.  It  was  an  evening  to  be 
remembered  as  one,  full  of  fresh  knowledge  and  a  new  vision 
of  the  growth  and  stability  of  our  denomination  in  this  com- 
munity. Many  of  the  sons  returned  to  pay  tribute  to  her  past 
and  to  tell  of  their  experiences  while  with  the  mother  church. 
Many  of  her  children,  now  men  well  advanced  in  years,  answer- 
ed the  invitation  to  be  present,  among  them,  was  the  Rev.  David 
Tully,  who  was  a  member  of  our  church  in  1843.  This  venerable 
man  of  God,  was  a  marvel,  a  man  of  splendid  parts.  At  the 
great  age  of  94  years,  he  was  still  as  fresh  and  nimble  as  a  well 
preserved  man  of  60  years.  Tall  and  erect,  with  his  mental 
powers  still  intact  he  delivered  an  address  that  captivated  his 
audience.  They  were  reluctant  to  have  him  close  his  brief  talk, 
which  was  entirely  reminiscent. 

Wednesday  evening,  the  nth,  was  Roll  Call  ]\reeting,  which 
with  our  church  is  an  annual  affair.  At  this  service  tender  refer- 
ence was  made  to  the  members  who  were  taken  awav  bv  death 


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during-  the  past  year.  INIusic  and  the  address  were  of  a  charac- 
ter befitting  the  occasion.  Rev.  Francis  S.  Haines,  our  former 
pastor,  presented  a  very  beautiful,  colored  glass  window  to  the 
church,  in  behalf  of  the  donors,  Mrs.  Emma  S.  Reynolds  and 
Mrs.  Frederick  E.  Geiser,  as  a  memorial  to  their  mother  Mrs. 
Emma  E.  Stout,  who  was  a  most  devoted  member  of  the  "Old 
First."  For  many  years  she  taught  as  principal  of  the  primary 
department  of  the  Sunday  School,  and  was  greatly  beloved  by 
all  her  associates  in  the  work.  Her  gentle  disposition  and  loving 
thought  of  her  Church,  were  ever  present  with  her.  The  sub- 
ject of  the  Memorial,  "The  Nativity,"  was  well  chosen,  for  it 
typifies  her  faith  to  which  she  held  so  unfalteringly  during  her 
entire  life. 

One  of  the  very  delightful  services  held  during  the  week  was 
the  meeting  on  Thursday  night.  It  was  a  most  appropriate 
closing  of  the  jubilee,  which  will  become  traditional.  While  it 
was  not  on  the  program,  it  was  generally  understood  that  Mr. 
Charles  F.  Chidsey  would  deliver  an  address.  Mr.  Chidsey,  in 
a  very  natural  manner,  unfolded  the  story  of  the  portraits  that 
graced  the  walls  of  the  church.  Going  into  some  detail  in  his 
recital  of  who  and  what  these  men  were,  the  audience  was 
breathless  in  their  attention,  following  the  speaker  as  he  went 
from  portrait  to  portrait,  drinking  in  every  word  of  the  talk, 
for  it  was  a  very  rare  treat  indeed.  He  had  good  material  for 
his  address,  and  he  possessed  the  gift  to  present  to  the  people 
there,  facts  and  things  they  never  knew  before.  He  told  in  his 
inimitable  fashion,  of  the  men  who  filled  every  walk  of  life, 
who  were  the  founders  of  our  church,  as  well  as  those  who  were 
identified  with  her  in  her  early  history  and  on  down,  this  the 
later  years.  Men  of  all  professions,  men  who  were  distinguish- 
ed in  the  affairs  of  our  national  and  state  governments,  the 
judiciary,  medicine,  art,  science,  industrial  business  life.  These 
men  set  a  splendid  pace  for  us  of  the  present  generation  and  those 
who  preceded  as  and  to  those  who  will  follow  us.  Mr.  Chidsey's 
closing  words  were  eloquent  and  well  befitting  the  occasion. 
He  then  invited  the  audience  to  the  Chapel  to  take  part  in  the 


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social  that  was  b^ing  held  there,  and  a  large  number  responded. 
The  chapel  was  beautifully  decorated  with  palms,  ferns  and 
flowers,  the  entire  arrangement  was  most  tastefully  executed.  It 
was  a  veritable  elysium.  A  throng  of  friends  of  the  congrega- 
tion were  profuse  with  congratulations  and  the  exchange  of 
felicitations.  This  was  a  little  temple  of  beauty,  and  good  fel- 
lowship prevailed.  It  was  a  fitting  close  of  a  memorable  event. 
In  the  near  and  far  away  future,  it  will  always  suggest  a  pleas- 
ant retrospect.  The  record  of  the  five  days  of  this  commemora- 
tion will  be  a  tradition  that  our  future  church  can  regard  with 
pride. 

A    Member  of   one   of   the    Committees. 
Easton,  Penna.,  Nov.   13th,  191 1. 


Anniversary  Sermon. 

W.  W.  Weller,  D.  D., 

Geneva,  N.  Y. 

It  is  with  mingled  feelings  of  trepidation  and  eagerness,  that 
I  undertake  the  task  before  me  to-day.  I  am  fearful,  for  here 
as  a  boy  in  yonder  pew  I  worshipped  or  tried  to,  and  when  I 
come  back,  the  boyish  feeling  always  returns,  and  I  seem  to 
myself  to  be  among  the  fathers. 

I  am  eager,  for  the  memory  of  privileges  enjoyed  here  pro- 
foundly moved  me  to  promptly  and  gratefully  accept  the  gra- 
cious invitation  to  participate  in  this  service. 

My  connection  with  this  church  covers  a  longer  period,  than 
it  is  convenient  for  me  to  mention,  and  a  longer  time  than  it 
would  be  altogether  kind  for  me  to  mention  on  account  of  those 
who  have  kept  pace  with  me,  as  we  passed  swiftly  through  the 
years. 

My  mood  is  reminiscent,  but  must  be  restrained  for  the  his- 
tory will  come  later. 

This  church  has  flourished  one  hundred  years  and  enjoys  to- 
day the  vigor  of  youth.  It  lives  because  it  stands  for  some- 
thing that  is  alive.  It  possesses  a  vital  quality.  Religion  is  a 
living   reality.     Sometimes    attacked    by    its    enemies    frequently 


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misunderstood  by  its  friends,  interpreted  in  various  ways,  pre- 
senting a  different  face  to  each  succeeding  age.  Religion  is  a 
living  thing,  and  this  suggests  my  text,  i  Peter,  2  Chapter, 
5th  verse. 

"Ye  also,  as  living  stones  are  built  up  a  spiritual  house  to  be 
a  holy  priesthood,  to  offer  up  spiritual  sacrifices,  acceptable  to 
God   through   Jesus    Christ."      (American   Revision). 

God's  people  are  here  represented  as  built  up  into  a  house. 
A  house  may  be  beautiful,  even  palatial,  but  it  is  unfeeling  and 
lifeless.  The  apostle  avoids  the  mechanical  and  artificial  con- 
ception of  religion  by  calling  the  material  living  stones.  The 
stones  are  persons,  the  house  is  alive. 

The  figure  of  the  edifice  is  presented  to  show  the  orderliness 
of  God's  plan,  and  coordination  of  all  its  parts.  The  thought 
i,^  that  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ  has  a  vital  element  for  a 
noble  purpose. 

I.  Christ's  religion  has  always  been  misunderstood.  There 
has  been  the  tendency  to  regard  it  as  a  system,  high  and  holy 
to  be  sure,  but  still  a  philosophy  of  hfe  with  Jesus  of  Nazareth 
as  the  Founder.  From  this  point  of  view,  the  Christian  Scheme 
appears  much  like  the  other  philosophies ;  the  same  in  essence 
but  higher  in  degree. 

For  instance,  Diogones,  the  Cynic,  lived  in  a  tub,  carried  a 
lighted  lantern  at  noon-day  in  his  vain  search  for  a  man,  em- 
barassed  and  irritated  his  fellows  with  his  saucy  remarks,  and 
thus  made  his  condimental  not  to  say  peppery  contribution  to 
the  world's  philosophy.  His  school  is  unorganized  but  the 
cynics  are  numerous. 

Francis  Bacon  is  loosely  called  the  father  of  the  inductive  sys- 
tem of  philosophy ;  of  course  this  is  a  mistake,  he  merelv  used 
existing  material  and  paved  the  way  for  the  superior  classifica- 
tion of  M.  Comte,  but  the  Inductive  System  flourishes  to-day. 

Jeremy   Bentham   is   more   justly   styled  the   Founder   of   the 
Utilitarian  School,  even  though  his  favorite  phrase,  "the  o-reat- 
est    happiness    for    the    greatest    number"    was    borrowed    from 
Priestly. 
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All  these  are  human  devices,  results  of  mental  ingenuity,  sys- 
tems of  thought  with  practical  application  and  nothing  more. 
And  yet  men  are  still  prone  to  the  error,  that  the  religion  of 
Christ  is  somewhat  of  this  order. 

Creeds  and  Confessions  have  been  formulated.  These  are  the 
expressions  of  religious  belief  and  indicate  the  intellectual  con- 
ceptions of  the  age  that  produced  them.  This  is  why  the 
Church  is  forever  confronted  with  the  task  of  revising  Creeds, 
Confessions,  Canons  and  Codes,  but  it  is  never  seriously  called 
upon  to  revise  religion.  Ecclesiastical  Systems  holding  well 
high  universal  sway  have  grown  up,  but  these  are  merely  the 
frame  work  of  the  structure  in  which  the  spirit  dwells.  The 
missionary  propaganda  has  been  strongly  emphasized  in  recent 
years ;  the  church  has  the  world  view  to-day,  but  in  the  prosecu- 
tion of  this  work,  missions  seem  to  be  a  great  business  enter- 
prise. This  opinion  is  quite  in  harmony  with  the  natural  inclina- 
tion. 

The  underlying  reason  why  men  lag  in  Christian  service,  is 
because  they  fail  to  appreciate  the  spirit  of  religion.  They  are 
not  quickened  by  its  life,  nor  inflamed  with  its  holy  passion  for 
the  souls  of  men.  It  must  be  conceded  however,  that  Christian- 
ity in  its  manifestation  to  the  world,  in  its  institutions  and  ma- 
terial possessions  does  seem  to  be  mechanical.  Moreover  regard- 
ed as  a  system  it  is  vulnerable,  and  this  is  what  men  are  attack- 
ing in  the  popular  sense.  Occasional  assaults  are  made  upon 
speculations  and  doctrines,  but  these  have  always  been  confin- 
ed to  the  few.  The  most  ominous  attacks  upon  religion  are  in 
the  muttered  charges,  misconceived  it  is  true,  but  still  significant, 
that  the  church  has  no  life  corresponding  to  its  expression  and 
that  as  a  great  religious  machine,  it  has  failed  to  do  its  work. 

The  accusation  is  freely  brought  that  the  Church  no  longer 
possesses  the  spirit  of  its  Founder  and  fails  to  represent  His 
attitude  toward  the  world.  When  Jesus  was  here  He  rebuked 
organized  religion.  The  only  people  He  ever  condemned  were 
the  Scribes,  Pharisees,  Hypocrites,  and  apparently  it  never  did 
them  any  good.     This  He  did,  because  they  regarded  religion 


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as  a  form  and  not  a  living  reality.  He  never  organized  a  society, 
never  wrote  a  book,  never  even  delivered  a  lecture  in  the  way 
teachers  of  new  doctrines  do  to-day. 

The  Sermon  on  the  Mount  and  the  discourse  in  the  sixth  of 
John  are  the  nearest  approaches  to  this  method,  but  even  these 
are  dififerent,  for  the  first  of  these  sets  forth  the  practical  duties 
of  men,  that  is,  the  ethics  of  religion,  and  the  second  of  these 
presents  Himself  as  the  life  of  men,  that  is  the  inspiration  of 
religion.  The  church  has  systems  and  books  and  organizations 
and  machinery.  These  are  valuable  if  used  as  means  and  not 
mistaken  for  ends.  Mr.  Arthur  Christopher  Benson,  the  de- 
lightful English  writer  claims  that  these  have  captured  Chris- 
tianity. He  says,  "We  have  to-day  in  consequence  the  amaz- 
ing spectacle  of  a  world  religiously  organized  to  an  extent,  that 
negatives  Christ  utterly.  He  stands  defeated."  The  statement 
i?  extreme  but  suggestive.  It  indicates  the  peril  to  which  reli- 
gion is  exposed  and  illustrates  our  thought  that  religion  in  its 
essence  is  misunderstood. 

The  edifice  as  a  whole  is  beheld  but  the  living  stones  that 
enter  into  its  structure  are  overlooked.  The  shell  is  worthless 
and  the  kernel  is  unseen.  In  a  secular  and  materialistic  age 
this  peril  arising  from  misunderstanding  the  spiritual  nature  of 
religion  is  the  greatest  that  menaces  the  Church. 

H.  On  the  other  hand,  this  ability  to  grow  and  expand  from 
an  organism  and  to  build  itself  up  into  an  organization  is  proof 
of  what  John  Fiske  called  the  everlasting  reality  of  religion, 
and  an  indication  of  its  origin,  vitality  and  naturalness. 

Instead  therefore  of  denouncing  the  organization,  let  us  re- 
member, that  we  are  living  stones  built  up  into  a  spiritual  house. 
The  edifice  in  its  architecture  and  in  the  material  out  of  which 
it  is  built  must  fully  express  its  purpose.  It  is  manifestly  un- 
fair to  find  fault  with  the  development  of  anything  that  is 
alive.     This  is  incident  to  life. 

We  behold  the  evidences  of  advance  everywhere.  This  is  the 
day  of  men :  it  has  been  called  the  age  of  wheels,  because  of 
man's   inventions.     The   Rev.    Frederick  Lynch    in   speakino-  of 


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the  attendance  at  the  Second  Hague  Conference,  said  all  the 
world  was  in  one  room,  so  complete  was  the  representation  of 
the  nations  of  the  earth.  Such  marked  and  various  progress  in 
communication  has  been  niade  in  modern  times,  that  in  another 
sense  all  the  world  lives  in  one  room.  The  Paris  Excelsior  this 
year  sent  a  man  around  the  world  in  thirty-nine  days  and  twen- 
ty hours,  and  since  that  achievement  the  New  York  Times 
sent  a  commercial  Telegram  around  the  world  in  sixteen  and 
one-half  minutes.  An  event  occurs  in  New  York,  and  they  hear 
of  it  in  Chicago  one  hour  by  the  clock  before  it  happens.  The 
telephone  is  an  absolute  necessity  when  we  have  occasion  to 
speak  to  another,  who  is  absent,  but  an  unmitigated  nuisance, 
when  the  ring  disturbs  us.  Wireless  telegraphy  is  old  and 
scarcely  arouses  even  passing  interest.  The  areoplane  is  an 
accomplished  fact.  The  very  week,  that  I  heard  one  eminent 
in  one  department  of  science  prove  to  his  satisfaction  in  a  small 
company  of  gentlemen,  the  impossibility  of  aerial  navigation  by 
a  heavier  than  air  machine,  the  first  successful  flight  was  made. 
That  is  to  say,  the  spirit  of  progress  is  in  the  air,  and  the 
statement  and  the  methods  of  religion  must  advance  in  the  same 
way.  This  is  a  sign  of  life ;  the  living  stones  are  to  reveal, 
not  imprison  the  spirit  within  the  house.  The  cry  is  some- 
times heard,  "Back  to  Christ",  it  proceeds  from  an  honest 
motive,  but  it  is  as  pitiable  as  it  is  impossible.  It  is  a  demand 
to  transfer  the  habits  of  thought,  the  customs  of  life,  in  short 
the  oriental  civilization  of  the  first  century  over  to  us,  to  meet 
the  needs  of  the  twentieth  century.  This  entire  movement  rests 
on  the  idea,  that  the  essence  of  religion  consists  in  its  form  and 
not  in  its  spirit. 

It  must  be  conceded  however,  that  knowledge  of  secular  af- 
fairs of  one  kind  does  not  disclose  facts  of  another  kind  or  lead 
to  a  knowledge  of  God.  Mr.  Arthur  H.  Smith  for  many  years 
a  missionary  of  the  American  Board  in  China  says  in  his  book. 
"China  and  America  To-day,"  "A  Hindoo  Astronomer  who  pre- 
dicts eclipses  ten  years  in  advance  without  a  blunder,  believes 
all  the  while,  that  the  eclipse  is  caused  by  some  supernatural 


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dog  swallowing  the  moon,  and  beats  his  drum  to  make  the 
celestial  cur  give  up  his  lunar  prize."  And  this  also  is  done  ac- 
cording to  orders  published  in  the  Peking  Gazette,  "The  crew 
of  a  foreign  built  man  of  war,  armed  with  Krupp  guns  turn 
out  with  drums,  iron  pans  and  any  implement  which  will  make 
a  din,  to  save  the  moon."  This  general  forward  movement  in- 
cludes a  new  philosophy  of  life  in  the  endeavor  to  adjust  man 
to  his  conditions.  Our  problem  is  one  in  adaptation,  to  relate 
man  to  his  work,  to  his  wealth,  or  poverty,  to  his  luxuries,  to 
other  men  and  to  the  world  in  general.  The  imperious  duty  is 
not  to  abandon  but  to  utilize.  In  setting  herself  to  this  task  in 
response  to  the  demands  of  the  times  the  religion  of  Christ 
shows  a  sign  of  life,  and  an  indication  of  never  ceasing  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  humanity,  as  the  spiritual  temple  constructed 
of  living  stones  slowly  rises  in  its  grace  and  beauty. 

iMoreover  the  vitality  is  shown  in  the  development  of  the  doc- 
trines that  state  the  fundamental  truths  of  Christianity.  The 
assertion  is  sometimes  made  that  the  Bible  is  a  sufficient  guide, 
meaning  that  the  assembling,  correlating  and  condensing  of 
its  teachings  are  superfluous  and  even  arrogant,  unmindful  of 
the  fact,  that  form  is  inevitable  as  an  expression  of  the  spirits 
activity.  The  sects  making  this  claim  are  inevitably  lead  into 
some  form  of  religious  extravagence  such  as  painful  pilgrimages 
or  degrading  osculatory  exercises  or  pedal  ablutions  or  some 
other  equally  shocking  excess.  A  true  theology  is  simply  the 
orderly  arrangement  of  Scriptural  Statements  and  Inferences 
drawn  therefrom  with  due  regard  to  perspective  and  porpor- 
tion.  Changes  in  emphasis  and  application  must  come  from  age 
to  age.  There  is  no  error  more  subversive  and  pernicious  than 
the  doctrine,  that  fails  to  keep  pace  in  its  form  and  statement 
with  intellectual  and  moral  progress.  The  religion  throbbing 
with  life,  w^iose  vital  principle  enters  into  the  living  stones  of 
the  spiritual  house  has  the  power  to  adapt  itself  to  the  various 
pnd  varying  conditions  of  men. 

This  is  why  Jesus  gave  no  rule.  The  most  flagrant  misnomer 
of  which  I  have  any  knowledge  is  the  name  given  to  what  is 


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known  as  the  Golden  Rule,  which  the  most  casual  consideration 
sees  is  not  at  all  but  a  principle  of  action.  This  we  find  in  the 
living  word.  i.  The  Commandments.  These  are  requirements 
lor  specific  and  individual  needs  and  touch  those  things  that  have 
inherent  moral  quality.  These  are  in  particular  the  Decalogue 
and  the  general  summary  given  by  Jesus  together  with  all  the 
commandments,  the  violation  of  which  degr,ades  man  and  dis- 
rupts society  and  the  keeping  of  which  exalts  the  individual  and 
saves  the  world.  2.  The  principles.  These  are  general  and 
universal  with  ever  changing  adjustment,  and  constantly  vary- 
ing application.  The  principles  are  embodied  in  such  state- 
ments as  these,  "Love  worketh  no  ill  to  his  neighbor,"  and  "Lest 
I  make  my  brother  to  offend." 

A  religion  of  principle  must  be  alive.  The  correct  application 
constitutes  an  interesting  and  important  study.  It  is  necessary 
to  look  beneath  the  surface  to  find  the  real  essence  and  to  see 
the  vital  elements  that  pervades  Christianity.  The  popular 
skepticism  of  our  day  arises  from  this  superficial  consideration 
of  religion ;  and  also  too  often  the  type  of  Faith  presented  by 
Christian  teachers  is  of  a  character  that  leads  to  this  false  con- 
ception. Perhaps  this  illustration  will  make  my  meaning  clear. 
A  learned  Japanese  who  had  heard  the  story  of  the  earthly  life 
of  Jesus  and  his  divine  power  of  creation  said  to  his  teacher  as 
he  looked  up  at  the  serene  and  silent  sky  with  its  innumerable 
pendant  lamps,  "Do  you  mean  to  tell  me  that  a  man  who  walked 
the  earth  in  Palestine  made  all  these?"  It  is  a  staggering  ques- 
tion to  any  mind  confused  on  the  subject  of  the  relation  of 
Divmity  to  humanity.  On  the  other  hand  it  is  an  impossible 
question  to  those  who  perceive  the  moral  element,  the  divine 
principle  entering  into  Jesus  of  Nazareth  that  made  Him  the 
Christ  God  manifest  in  the  flesh,  the  same  principle  entering  in- 
to the  creation  of  the  world.  God  hath  at  the  end  of  these  days 
spoken  unto  us  in  his  son,  whom  he  hath  appointed  heir  of  all 
things,  through  whom  also  he  made  the  worlds.  Heb.  i  :2. 
The  same  clearness  of  vision  is  necessary  for  any  presentation 
of  the  atonement,  that  is  at  all   adequate   for  the  needs   of  a 


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thinking  mind.  We  must  look  beyond  to  the  very  heart  of  God 
to  see  the  significance  of  the  Cross  of  Christ.  With  this  view 
Calvary  becomes  the  temporal  expression  of  an  external  fact,  and 
the  eternal  atonement  is  the  eternal  yearning  of  God  for  the  re- 
demption of  humanity ;  the  Lamb  slain  from  the  foundation  of 
the  world.  This  view  of  religion  that  delves  beneath  the  sur- 
face for  the  underlying  element,  this  view  beholds  the  living 
stones  entering  into  the  construction  of  the  house,  silences 
skepticism  and  wins  adherents.  About  the  only  just  criticism 
that  may  be  passed  upon  the  Church  is  this,  that  it  has  not  kept 
this  idea  of  life  in  the  forefront,  the  living  principle,  that  makes 
religion  enter  Social,  Political  and  Industrial  affairs,  sanctifying 
every  condition  and  sweetening  every  relation.  The  Church  is 
alive  because  it  has  a  living  head  and  a  vital  essence  in  its  con- 
stituency. We  are  the  living  parts  of  a  great  edifice.  This 
Venerable  Church  has  stood  for  this  type  of  religion.  This  was 
the  character  of  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Dr.  Franklin  E.  Miller  of 
blessed  memory  whose  preaching  was  the  inspiration  of  my  boy- 
hood years,  and  whose  influence  was  the  mould-power  in  the 
formative  period  of  my  life.  His  was  the  only  pastorate-  with 
which  I  ever  came  in  close  touch,  for  it  far  more  than  covered 
all  my  years  in  Easton.  I  am  confident  however,  that  it  is  typi- 
cal of  the  labor  of  the  faithful  men  who  preceded  him  and  who 
followed  him  in  service  here.  This  church  is  the  exponent  of  a 
vital  religion,  that  presents  a  living  Saviour,  who  is  to  save  the 
individual  and  bless  mankind. 

Long  may  this  historic  church  flourish,  constantly  renewing 
lier  youth,  adapting  message  and  ministry  to  the  ever  changing 
conditions,  and  always  holding  forth  the  word  of  life,  which  He 
who  is  the  Way  and  the  Truth  and  the  Life  taught  and  ex- 
emplified. May  the  aim  of  this  church  be  to  exalt  Him  who  is 
''the  chiefest  among  ten  thousand,  and  the  one  altogether  love- 
ly," "the  King  of  Kings,  and  Lord  of  Lords."  At  the  corona- 
tion of  George  the  Fifth  last  summer,  the  crown  placed  on  the 
head  of  the  British  Sovereign  is  of  solid  gold,  studded  with 
precious  gems  of  inestimable  value.     There  were  three  thousand 


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diamonds,  three  hundred  pearls,  and  hundreds  of  rubies,  em- 
eralds and  sapphires,  that  blazed  and  sparkled  in  the  sunshine. 
But  the  queen's  crown  contained  the  most  precious  jewel  of 
them  all,  the  famous  Kohinoor,  the  priceless  gem  of  India,  with 
its  legend  of  good  fortune  for  its  possessor,  for  it  is  said,  who- 
ever holds  the  Kohinoor  holds  India.  So  the  most  precious  of 
all  the  stones  built  into  our  structure  is  the  stone  that  flashes 
and  glows  and  adds  the  beauty  of  its  lustre  to  the  whole  build- 
ing. "For  we  are  built  upon  the  foundation  of  the  apostles  and 
the  prophets,  Jesus  Christ  Himself  being  the  chief  corner  stone, 
in  whom  all  the  building  fitly  framed  together,  groweth  unto  a 
holy  temple  in  the  Lord ;  in  whom  ye  also  are  builded  for  a 
habitation  of  God  through  the  vSpirit."     Ephesians  2:20,  21,  22. 


Roll  Call  Sermon — The  Demands  of  Our  Heritage. 

Ebenezer  Flack,  D.  D., 
Scranton,  Pa. 

One  hundred  years  of  the  history  of  your  church  have  been 
recorded.  They  mark  a  cycle.  They  set  ofif  a  period  of  time. 
During  this  centennial  celebration  you  have  heard  many  voices 
calling  to  you  to  review  the  past,  to  consider  the  course  of 
events,  the  trend  of  historical  movements,  the  changes  which  have 
taken  place  in  thought,  the  advance  or  decline  of  institutions, 
and  "to  garner  in  the  harvest  of  instruction  which  experience 
has  been  providing  for  all  who  have  the  sense  to  reap."  The  oc- 
casion is  indeed  a  provocation  to  you  to  inquire  how  far  your 
church  has  been  faithful  to  her  Lord,  to  search  out  everything 
in  the  past  calling  for  humble  confession,  sincere  repentance, 
prompt  amendment ;  everything  calling  for  praise  and  thanks- 
giving; everything  fitted  to  confirm  faith,  to  enliven  hope,  to 
feed  the  spirit  of  prayer,  and  to  encourage  patience  and  zeal  in 
the  service  of  Him  who  is  the  King  of  the  ages,  the  same  yes- 
terday,, to-day  and  for  ever. 

It  would  indeed  arrest  the  attention  and  emphasize  the  change 
that  the  passing  years  have  witnessed,  if  the  Church  members 
of  a  century  ago  might  walk  down  this  aisle  tonight  and  take 


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part  in  this  service.  We  would  be  as  interesting  to  them  as 
they  would  be  interesting  to  us.  We  would  probably  see  men 
dressed  soberly  in  black,  some  of  them  with  knee  breeches,  silk 
stockings,  and  shoes  with  silver  buckles,  a  cloak  drawn  round 
the  shoulders,  a  broad  white  collar  round  the  neck,  and  a  pecul- 
iar hat  in  hand.  I  would  not  venture  to  describe  the  costume 
of  the  ladies  of  the  day.  It  would  require  but  a  few  minutes  to 
show  us  that  we  were  in  the  presence  of  the  Puritan  type  of 
Christians,  sober,  religious,  not  of  the  gay  and  worldly.  It  was 
a  different  world  that  they  looked  out  on  from  that  of  to-day. 

There  were  few  books  then.  Books  to-day  are  cheap  and  com- 
mon, and  at  small  expense  libraries  of  the  best  literature  may 
be  built  up  in  the  humblest  homes.  The  man  of  a  hundred  years 
ago  would  be  astonished  at  the  multitude  of  books  published  to- 
day and  found  on  our  book  shelves.  The  house  of  a  hundred 
3'ears  ago  had  not  the  comfort  of  our  homes.  We  have  better 
houses  for  the  poor.  We  build  with  many  large  windows,  for 
we  have  come  to  believe  that  light  and  air  are  essentials  for 
health.  What  would  be  his  amazement  to  see  street  cars  run 
by  electricity,  automobiles,  flying  machines,  streets  lighted  by 
electricity,  telephones,  and  cable  and  wireless  telegraphic  ser- 
vice. And  how  well  dressed  the  people  of  to-day  as  compar- 
ed with  that  age.  Looking  at  the  streets  of  our  city,  he  would 
find  sidewalks,  and  the  street  cleaning  department  at  work  to  re- 
move all  dirt.  No  need  of  a  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  to  spread  out 
his  cloak  on  the  street  to  save  his  good  queen  from  stepping  in 
the  mud.  Illiteracy  is  no  more.  Thanks  to  our  school  system, 
our  children  are  taught  to  read :  they  have  come  into  their 
rights.  We  now  regard  them  as  the  nation's  greatest  asse't,  and 
there  has  been  established  not  only  public  schools  for  secular 
education,  but  the  wonderful  modern  developments  in  Sundav 
School,  Young  Peoples  Societies,  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  the  Y. 
W.  C.  A.  which  are  bidding  fair  to  encircle  the  globe.  The  or- 
ganization of  societies  for  the  propogation  of  the  gospel  is  a 
feature  of  church  life  to-day  that  was  of  interest  to  but  a  few  a 
century  ago.     The  Bible  is  printed  in  cheap  editions  and  has  the 


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largest  circulation  ol  any  book  published.  Denominational  intol- 
erance is  not  what  it  formerly  was.  Differences  that  separate 
are  less  emphasized,  and  so  great  is  the  progress  made  toward 
unity,  that  denominational  rivalry  is  being  entirely  eliminated 
on  mission  fields  in  foreign  lands. 

The  man  of  a  hundred  years  ago  indeed  lived  in  a  different 
world.  He  was  full  of  ruggedness,  a  man  of  few  ideas,  per- 
haps somewhat  narrow  in  outlook  and  hardened  in  his 
opinions,  but  he  had  a  tremendous  grip  on  God.  Because  he 
had  this,  we  have  our  churched,  and  Christian  liberty,  and  the 
blessing  of  a  Christian  civilization.  Had  he  not  been  the  rugged. 
God-fearing  man  that  he  was,  this  would  have  been  a  different 
world  and  yours  a  different  city. 

You  to-day  are  richer  by  one  hundred  years  of  religious  labor 
than  the  first  members  of  this  church.  You  have  all  that  they 
had,  and  how  much  more  also.  You  are  the  seed  of  the  martyrs 
who  conquered  the  world  by  the  blood  of  the  Lamb ;  the  descend- 
ents  of  the  old  settlers  who  taught  and  lived  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ ;  the  sons  of  reformers  who  broke  the  cruel  yoke  of  papal 
supremacy  and  gave  back  religion  to  the  common  people ;  the 
sons  and  daughters  of  men  who  laid  the  foundations  of  all  that 
modern  America  has  become  in  the  industrial  life  of  this  gener- 
ation. Your  church  was  founded  by  men  of  intelligence  and 
profound  piety,  of  truly  heroic  self  denial  and  patience. 
Through  the  century  there  has  been  a  continued  succession  of 
those  who  loved  the  church,  prayed  for  it,  worked  for  it,  and 
have  made  sacrifices  for  it.  They  have  labored  and  their  labors 
have  not  been  in  vain.  There  has  been  expansion  and  growth 
in  these  years.  It  is  not  possible  however,  to  estimate  the  ser- 
vice the  church  has  rendered.  Who  can  reckon  the  value  of  the 
ministry  of  these  more  than  five  thousand  Sabbaths,  besides  pray- 
er meeting  services.  Sabbath  School  services,  special  services, 
and  missionary  meetings !  Who  can  number  the  communicants 
who  have  been  at  the  Lord's  table  commemorating  our  Lord's 
love  for  the  world  of  sin !     Who  can  tell  how  many  have  been 


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born  again,  how  many  have  been  helped  through  the  Word,  and 
through  the  prayers  and  praises  and  sympathy  which  pulsed 
through  the  congregation  when  the  Spirit  of  God  was  in  the 
midst !  Who  knows  of  all  the  "weary  who  have  found  rest  in 
casting  their  burden  on  the  Lord,  of  broken  hearts  bound  up 
with  healing  consolations,  of  bereaved  ones  helped  to  believe  in 
the  better  resurrection  and  in  the  glory  to  be  revealed  beyond 
tb  grave,  of  the  lonely  who  have  found  at  least  a  friend,  of  the 
tempted  who  have  been  rearmed  for  the  conflict,  of  prisoners  re- 
leased from  doubt,  of  weak  knees  strengthened,  of  drooping 
hands  uplifted,  and  erring  pilgrims  guided  back  into  the  King's 
highway.  I  think  also  of  the  aged  who  have  been  prepared  for 
death,  of  the  young  prepared  for  life,  of  the  many  who  have 
gone  out  into  the  wider  world,  carrying  with  them  sacred  trea- 
sures of  truth  and  grace,  to  mingle  in  the  world's  business  and 
to  serve  God  as  pastors,  missionaries,  teachers  and  christian 
workers,  reinforcing  the  Sacramental  host  engaged  in  the  holy 
warfare  elsewhere." 

This  centennial  calls  up  names  and  faces  and  days  and  ser- 
vices which  can  never  be  forgotten,  which  have  influenced  the 
world;  and  in  God's  sight  every  one  of  them  has  been  precious. 
Every  day  of  the  century  has  been  a  day  of  harvest.  It  has  also 
been  a  Spring  time  for  seed  sowing.  You  to-day  are  reaping 
the  harvests  that  were  sown  by  others,  but  you  are  also  sow- 
ing seed  the  harvest  of  which  shall  be  reaped  by  others.  I 
would  that  I  might  lay  this  on  your  hearts  and  consciences,  that 
every  company  of  God's  servants  bear  this  two  fold  character — • 
sowers  and  reapers.  You  are  reaping  the  fruits  of  labors  of 
those  who  have  gone  before.  We  are  living  in  houses  and 
worshipping  in  churches  that  others  have  built.  We  are  tilling 
fields  that  our  fathers  rescued  with  their  sweat  and  blood  from 
the  waste  and  from  the  hard  grip  of  nature.  Our  liberties 
were  bought  by  the  toil  and  blood  of  others.  We  ought  then  to 
look  with  gratitude  on  the  labor  that  lies  behind  us,  so  that  in 
receiving  our  heritage  we  may  pass  it  on,  not  only  not  diminish- 
ed  or  tarnished,  but  increased   and  made   more  precious.     For 


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sad  indeed  is  the  sight  when  the  heir  of  a  noble  heritage  squan- 
ders what  was  won  by  the  toil  and  cares  of  others. 

This  then  brings  before  you  the  question  of  how  to  attain  the 
highest  efficiency  in  your  work  so  that  what  has  been  gained 
may  not  only  be  conserved,  but  that  the  power  and  influence  of 
the  church  may  be  such  in  the  years  to  come  as  its  past  history 
and  the  present  equipment  warrant. 

A  truly  successful  church  must  be  in  living  relationship  with 
the  risen  Lord.  There  must  be  a  constant  and  unbroken  com- 
munion with  Him,  a  communion  of  mind,  a  communion  of  heart, 
a  communion  of  power. 

There  must  be  a  real  brotherhood  among  its  members,  the 
brethren  loving  one  another,  honoring  one  another,  and  think- 
ing and  speaking  the  best  of  their  fellowmen.  Let  there  be  love 
and  kindliness,  a  little  of  the  art  of  looking  sympathetically  into 
the  face  of  others,  an  effort  to  help  others  bear  their  sorrows, 
and  you  will  find  glow  and  warmth  radiating  from  your  church. 
The  atmosphere  of  love  wins  men  to  Christ. 

Perhaps  you  will  better  understand  my  meaning  by  the  dialo- 
gue of  the  Axe,  the  Saw,  the  Hammer,  and  the  Soft  Flame. 

"I'll  master  it,"  said  the  Axe,  and  his  blows  fell  heavily  on  the 
iron.  But  every  blow  made  his  edge  more  blunt  till  he  ceased 
to  strike. 

"Leave  it  to  me,"  said  the  Saw,  and  with  his  relentless  teeth 
he  worked  backwards  and  forwards  on  its  surface  till  they  were 
all  worn  down  or  broken.     Then  he  fell  aside. 

"Ha!  Ha!,"  said  the  Hammer,  "I  knew  that  you  would  not 
succeed.  I'll  show  you  the  way."  But  at  the  first  stroke,  off 
flew  his  head  and  the  iron  remained  as  before. 

"Shall  I  try,"  asked  the  soft  flame.  But  they  all  despised 
the  flame ;  but  he  curled  gently  round  the  iron  and  embraced  it 
and  never  left  it  until  it  melted  under  his  irresistible  influence. 
In  churches  we  have  seen  the  axe  policy  at  work,  and  its  blows 
fell  heavily.  We  have  seen  the  relentless  teeth  of  the  saw  work- 
ing backwards  and  forwards.  We  have  seen  the  stroke  of  the 
hammer.     And  we  have  also  seen  the  soft  flame  of  love  curl 


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g-ently  around  and  do  its  sweet  work.  There  is  a  cold  chisel 
way  of  getting  at  things ;  but  far  easier  is  it  to  melt  the  cold 
heart  with  the  warmth  of  love.  For  effective  work,  if  I  may 
change  the  figure,  the  machinery  of  a  church  must  move  under 
the  lubricant  of  love.  "Where  there  is  an  abundance  of  love, 
all  the  housekeeping  goes  easily,  whether  it  be  a  little  cottage, 
or  a  great  palace,  or  a  church  comprehending  multitudinousness 
of  character,  opinion,  and  force.  "Knit  together  in  love,"  that 
is  the  phrase  we  want.  "Love  stands  all  weathers,  goes  through 
all  seasons,  finds  flowers  in  the  desert  and  pools  among  the 
rocks,  sees  virtues  rather  than  vice,  excellence  rather  than  de- 
fects and  deformities."  I  have  said  all  this  that  you  may  make 
your  church  what  it  ought  to  be — a  shadow  from  the  heat,  a 
place  of  refuge,  a  covert  from  the  storm  and  rain,  the  poor 
man's  house,  the  helpless  man's  asylum,  the  retreat  to  which  all 
may  repair  who  are  suffering  under  the  burden  and  the  disci- 
pline of  life.  A  church  can  be  successful  only  as  she  thus 
realizes  her  mission  to  the  world. 

Let  the  church  put  on  her  beautiful  garments  and  be  pure 
and  noble,  seen  as  the  angel  of  mercy  and  help  and  hope  that 
God  meant  her  to  be  and  all  other  things  will  settle  into  their 
right  courses  and  come  to  their  right  issues.  Let  there  be  real- 
ity when  she  sings  her  songs  and  bows  in  the  attitude  of  prayer. 
Let  there  be  one  heart,  one  soul,  loyalty  to  the  Holy  Spirit,  and 
it  will  impress  the  world.  Give  Jesus  his  right  place  in  the 
church.  Take  some  share  in  its  activities.  Go  into  the  work 
of  the  Sabbath  School  and  the  young  peoples  organizations  with 
the  love  of  Jesus  in  your  heart ;  tell  the  children  and  the  young 
people  of  Him,  and  lead  them  to  Him.  Be  true  to  your  con- 
science, true  to  your  covenants,  true  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  the  future  of  your  church  will  be  glorious.  It  will  be  a 
strong  tower  of  the  truth  on  which  the  smile  of  God  shall  rest 
like  the  light  of  the  morning.  Let  the  church  mean  more  to  you 
from  this  hour.  Attend  it;  support  it;  pray  for  it;  push  it 
that  it  may  realize  its  true  and  proper  function  in  the  com- 
munity. 


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Greetings  from  Other  Churches. 

To  the  Officers  and  Members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Easton,  Pa. 
Greeting: — In  behalf  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Pottsville, 
Pa.,  we  acknowledge  the  courteous  invitation  extended  us  to  attend  the 
services  to  be  held  October  eight  to  eleven,  1911,  in  connection  with 
the  celebration  of  the  Centennial  anniversary  of  the  organization  of 
your  church.  It  cannot  fail  to  be  an  occasion  of  the  deepest  interest, 
and  we  rejoice  with  you  over  the  hundred  years  of  your  history  as  a 
church,  now  completed. 

During  all  these  years  occupying  a  position  at  the  "Forks  of  the 
Delaware"  of  great  historic  interest  and  of  strategic  importance,  your 
church  has  been  a  centre  of  gospel  light  and  power.  Its  influence  has 
been  felt  throughout  our  land  and  has  reached  countries  far  remote. 
Inspired  by  the  memories  of  the  past,  as  you  review  the  records  of 
the  century,  may  you  gird  yourselves  anew  for  the  pressing  work  of  the 
present,  and  plan  wisely  and  well  for  the  service  of  the  coming  age  in  the 
progress  of  God's  Kingdom. 

With  cordial  congratulations  and  praying  that  the  coming  years  may 
be  even  more  fruitful  than  the  past,  we  are,  your  brethren  in  Christ. 

The  Session  of  the  first  Presbyterian  Church  of  Pottsville,  Pa. 
John  H.  Eastman,  Moderator. 
H.    C.    Frick,    Clerk. 
Pottsville,    Pa., 

October  8,  1911. 

October  4th,   191 1. 
To   the  Members   of   tlie  Congregation, 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Boston,  Pennsylvania. 
Greeting  : — My  heart  is  with  you  in  these  happy  days  of  historical 
reminiscence,  of  deserved  rejoicing,  and  of  taking  strength  for  the 
future.  I  think  of  the  Old  First  and  I  think  of  my  Church  Home: 
where  I  made  confession  of  faith  in  the  peerless  Jesus,  where  I  went  into 
training  in  the  Young  People's  Society  for  wider  endeavor,  and  where 
I  found  ideals  for  a  lifetime.  I  congratulate  you  as  a  Church  of  many 
memories  and  wide  possibilities  for  the  years  which  stretch  before  you, 
and  I  felicitate  myself  in  the  thought  that  I,  too,  may  be  numbered 
among  your  sons. 

Very  sincerely, 

Edward  Franklin  Reimer. 

To  the  Pastor,  Session  and  Membership   of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church    of  Easton. 
Dear    Brethren  : — The    Pastor,    Consistory    and    people    of    the    First 
Reformed    Church  beg  to  convey  their   sincerest   felicitations   to  you   in 


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connection  with  your  Centennial  Anniversary.  It  can  truly  be  deemed 
an  honor  to  be  connected  with  an  organization  that  has  rounded  out 
one  hundred  years  of  such  splendid  service  in  this  community,  and  it 
is  our  prayer  that  God  may  use  you  ever  more  largely  in  the  century 
ahead.  It  is  a  pleasure  to  record  that  your  congregation  and  ours  have 
been  working  almost  side  by  side  for  a  century  in  the  spirit  of  mutual 
goodwill  and  fraternal  sympathy,  and  we  trust  that  this  relationship  shall 
grow  even  more  intimate  and  helpful  in  the  years  to  come.  We  re- 
main, in  the  unity  of  the  Spirit, 

Your  brethren  in  Christ, 

Consistory  of  First  Reformed  Church, 

Paul  S.  Leinbach,  President. 
Harry  Vannatta,   Secretary. 
Easton,  Pa.,  Oct.  7,  191 1. 

Bethlehem,   Pa.,   October   5,   1911, 
To  the  Session  and  Members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Easton,  Pa. 

Dear  Brethren  : — The  members  of  the  session  and  church  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  accept  with  thanks  your 
gracious  invitation  to  be  present  on  the  occasion  of  your  centenary 
celebration. 

We  heartily  congratulate  you  on  having  rounded  out  a  hundred  years 
of  service  for  Christ  and  His  church — years  in  which  souls  have  been 
born  again,  characters  moulded  after  the  image  of  Christ  Himself,  hopes 
kindled  anew,  and  the  feet  of  many  set  in  the  way  of  God's  com- 
mandments. How  many  there  are  in  the  Church  of  the  First  Born  who 
worshipped  and  worked  through  your  church !  How  many  members 
you  dismissed  from  the  church  militant  to  the  church  triumphant !  The 
very  thought  of  the  possibilities  of  a  century  of  church  privileges  and 
opportunities  makes  us  realize  what  our  present  privileges  and  oppor- 
tunities mean,  and  how  they  shall  influence,  and  what  they  shall  tell,  a 
hundred    years    hence. 

We  rejoice  with  you  in  your  success,  and  pray  that,  when  another 
century  rolls  around,  and  you  have  transferred  your  membership  above, 
a  new  generation  will  rise  and  call  you  blessed  for  your  labor  of  love 
and    patience    of    faith. 

Signed  on  behalf  of  the  Session  and  Congregation, 

James  Robinson,  Pastor  and  Moderator. 
Berwick,    Pa.,   Oct.    5,    191 1. 

Charles  Mclntire,  M.  D.,  Easton,  Pa. 

My  Dear  Dr.  McIntire  : — I  had  hoped  to  he  with  you  on  Tuesday 
evening  but  ministerial  duties,  local  and  Presbyterial,  make  it  impossible 
for  me  to  attend  the  Centenary  Celebration  of  the  "Old  First." 


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Some  of  my  most  4)leasant  memories  are  associated  with  the  life  of 
the  First  Church  as,  during  my  residence  in  Easton,  1  was  privileged  to 
enjoy  the  ministry  of  two  of  her  pastors  and  as,  during  that  period  and 
in  succeeding  years,  I  have  come  into  closer  personal  touch  with  many 
of  the  members. 

The  backward  look  of  a  hundred  years  will  doubtless  reveal  the  life 
of  a  church  which  has  kept  pace  with  the  increasing  population  of  the 
city  and  the  enlarged  local  and  worldwide  opportunities.  Gratifying 
as  her  own  development  has  been,  the  Old  First  may  enjoy  a  worthy 
satisfaction  in  the  far  reaching  influence  which  she  has  exerted  in  the 
life  of  the  city  through  her  local  Sabbath  Schools  and  missions. 

As  a  son  of  the  church  in  the  ministry  my  heart  is  with  you  in  this 
anniversary  season.  As  you  face  the  future  may  you  be  "conhdent  of 
this  very  thing,  that  he  which  hath  begun  a  good  work  in  you,  will 
perform  it  until  the  day  of  Jesus  Christ."  "Now  unto  him  that  is  able 
to  do  exceeding  abundantly  above  all  that  we  ask  or  think,  according  to 
the  power  that  worketh  in  us.  Unto  him  be  glory  in  the  church  by  Christ 
Jesus,  throughout  all  ages,  world  without  end.     Amen." 

Fraternally  yours, 

Edward  A.   Loux. 
307   West   Second    Street. 

Coxsackie,    New  York, 

October  9,  191 1. 
Cliarles  Mclntire,  M.  D.,  Clerk  of  the  Session,  First  Presbyterian  Churchy 
Easton,  Penna. 
Dear  Doctor  McInTirE: — Your  hearty  invitation  to  attend  the  anni- 
versary exercises  of  the  "Old  First"  church  came  to  hand  several 
weeks  ago;  and  it  was  my  earnest  intention  to  be  present  in  person  on 
that  happy  occasion  and  participate  in  the  season  of  rejoicing  with  which 
you  are  marking  the  looth  birthday  of  the  church  we  all  love  so  much. 
But  an  Installation  service  in  one  of  our  churches,  which  has  been 
arranged  for  to-morrow,  makes  my  home-coming  impossible.  Please 
give  my  most  cordial  greetings  and  congratulations  to  the  First  church 
on  its  birthday  anniversary.  I  have  a  peculiarly  tender  regard  for  her, 
as  I  have  a  cordial  recollection  of  many  of  her  members,  many  of 
whom  are  still  living,  and  some  other — faithful,  devoted,  zealous  in 
Christian  work  and  discipleship — who  have  passed  from  the  aisles  into 
the  arches  during  the  last  fifteen  years — all  of  whom,  together  with  the 
Pastor,  the  Rev.  Francis  S.  Haines,  were  my  spiritual  teachers;  and  who 
by  their  eminent  Christian  characters  made  me  truly  conscious  of  the 
value  of  the  religious  and  intellectual  life.  To  them  all  I  owe  a  debt 
of  gratitude  which  love  only  can  repay.  It  is  not  strange,  therefore, 
that  I  have  a  peculiar  love  for  the  church,  and  an  especial  joy  in  all 
its  manifold  labors  which  are  now  extended  over  one  hundred  years.     I 


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don't  blame  her  for  any  feeling  of  pride  she  may  have  at  her  accomplish- 
ments for  the  Kingdom  at  home  and  across  the  seas.  It  seems  to  me 
that  an  organization,  like  an  individual,  has  a  perfect  right  to  be  glad — 
proudly  so — when  one  hundred  years  of  its  life  and  labors  have  passed 
and  become  a  part  of  the  community  life  and  of  the  world. 

But  you  do  not  want  to  spend  too  much  time  reviewing  the  past. 
The  future  is  before  you;  and  as  Phillips  Brooks  says,  "The  only  proper 
use  of  the  past  is  to  get  a  good  future  out  of  it."  Even  so,  may  the 
future  of  the  First  church  be  still  more  helpful  and  glorious  than  the 
past.  Victor  Hugo  says  somewhere  that  ot  a  certain  time  in  life  every 
man  passes  out  of  the  old  age  of  youth  into  the  youth  of  old  age. 
So  may  it  be  with  our  church, — the  last  hundred  years  marking  the  old 
age  of  its  youth  ;  and  may  it  now  enter  into  the  vigor  and  vision  of  the 
youth  of   its   mature  age. 

That  God  may  richly  endow  with  Divine  grace  your  present  Leader, 
and  that  His  spirit — the  spirit  of  filial  and  fraternal  love — may  be 
shed  abroad  in  all  your  hearts,  is  my  earnest  wish  and  prayer. 

Yours  cordially  and  thankfully, 

Samukl  Tii^den  Ci^ifton. 

Philadelphia,   Pa.,   Sept.  23,   1911. 
Charles  Mclntire,  M.  D.,  52  North  Fourth  Street,  Baston,  Pa. 

My  dear  Dr.  MacIntire: — I  have  hoped  against  hope  that  I  might  be 
at  the  great  celebration,  I  was  going  to  say  of  your,  but  I  will 
turn  it  into  my  church,  as  I  believe  I  am  still  a  member  on  your  roll. 
It  would  be  a  real  pleasure  to  join  with  pastor  and  people  on  this  happy 
occasion,  and  listen  to  all  the  congratulations  which  you  are  sure  to 
receive  from  many  quarters.  The  old  "First"  has  always  stood  for 
loyalty  to  truth  and  for  that  which  pertains  to  the  advancement  of  the 
Master's  Kingdom.  In  these  days  when  faith  is  not  in  all  quarters  as 
advanced  as  it  should  be,  •  and  when  unreality  in  life  is  too  often  ex- 
hibited, we  do  well  to  rejoice  over  the  stability  of  those  who  have  firmly 
maintained  the  position,  and  having  done  so,  "still  stand."  firm  in  the 
faith. 

I  find  that  positive  engagements  elsewhere  call  me  away  from  Easton. 
This  is  more  pain  to  me  personally  than  to  anybody  else,  but  I  have  to 
go  where  my  duty  calls.  Please  understand  that  my  heart  at  least  is 
with  you  and  that  my  prayer  will  be  that  the  congregation,  now  ad- 
vanced in  years,  may  yet  be  young  in  spirit,  and  achieve  greater  results 
with  Him  whom  you  and  I,  and  all  of  us.  still  love  to  call  Lord  and 
Master. 

In   His  name   and    for   His   sake,   accept   my   heartiest   greeting. 
Yours  sincerely, 

Leighton    W.    Eckard. 
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^  Brandon,  Vermont,  October  9,   191 1. 

Mr.   Cliarles   IV.  Mclntire,  Clerk,  Boston,  Penn. 

My  dear  Mr.  McIntire: — To  Him  in  whose  sight  a  thousand  years 
are  but  as  one  day,  the  brief  century  must  be  as  a  fleeting  moment.  But 
to  us  who  reckon  time  in  seconds,  and  minutes,  and  hours,  and  days, 
and  weeks,  and  months,  and  years,  the  century  is  apt  to  assume  the  pro- 
portions of  a  creature,  with  a  head  and  a  tail ! 

I  think  we  may  be  justified,  from  our  human  standpoint,  in  celebrating 
a  Century.  It  is  a  long  time  to  have  enjoyed  the  continued  blessing  and 
favor  of  Almighty  God.  It  leaves  a  goodly  heritage  of  the  labors  of 
other  men  into  which  this  high  anniversary  occasion  bids  us  enter.  That 
all  the  exercises  may  be  blessed  to  this  end,  is  the  hearty  wish  of  a 
grateful  friend  of  the  old  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Easton. 

Faithfully  yours, 

William  V.  Berg. 

30   Spalding   Street,   Norwich,   Conn.,   Sept.    12,   1911. 

My  Dear  Dr.  McIntirE  : — In  reply  to  your  invitation  allow  me  to  say 
that  nothing  of  which  I  now  think  would  afford  me  greater  pleasure 
than  to  be  with  you  at  the  coming  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anni 
versary  of  the  Organization  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Easton, 
but  though  I  shall  be  absent  in  body  I  will  be  present  with  j'ou  in 
spirit  and  hope  later  to  have  the  pleasure  of  reading  over  the  printed 
reports    of    the    whole    exercises    from    the    start    to    finish. 

I  think  it  was  in  1857  that  I  became  a  member  of  your  church  the 
same  year  when  I  entered  Lafayette  College.  Dr.  Gray  was  then  its 
pastor  and  in  me  from  our  first  acquaintance  he  took  a  very  deep  interest, 
for  generations  his  family  and  ours  worshipped  together  in  the  same 
old  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  North  of  Ireland  and  of  his  coming  to 
this  country  I  had  heard  my  father  often  speak  when  I  was  quite  a 
little  chap.  His  brother's  family  were  well  known  to  me  and  on  one  of 
my  visits  to  my  native  land  I  was  the  bearer  of  some  letters  and 
souvenirs  to  and  from  his  brother.  These  facts  together  with  many 
others  which  I  need  not  mention  brought  me  into  much  closer  relation 
with  the  church  and  Dr.  Gray  than  is  common  to  an  ordinary  member, 
perhaps  there  are  not  many  men  living  who  heard  as  I  did  the  Doctor 
preach  the  fortieth  anniversary  of  his  pastorate,  in  which  he  narrated 
many  interesting  events  of  his  ministry.  And  I  still  keep  the  funeral 
sermon  preached  on  the  death  of  Col.  McKeen  who  was  so  strongly 
attached  to  his  pastor  and  did  so  much  toward  the  support  of  the 
church  from  its  organization  until  the  time  of  his  death.  With  the 
elders  of  those  times  I  was  well  acquainted  and  to  them  I  was  greatly 
indebted  for  much  that  made  my  connection  with  the  church  pleasant, 
and  made  me  feel  at  home  among  them.     Messrs.  Sitgreaves,  Ilenberger, 


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Long,  Billen,  Dawes,  Hensel,  etc.,  all  kind  courteous  gentlemen  of  the 
old  school,  loyal  to  their  pastor  and  particularly  attentive  to  strangers 
and  students  of  the  College  who  worshipped  in  the  old  Presbyterian 
Church.  1  remember  well  how  at  weekly  prayer  meetings  some  of  them 
were  accustomed  to  find  their  seats  near  to  the  stove  and  when  it  be- 
came too  hot  instead  of  moving  themselves  they  would  open  the  stove 
door  and  so  made  the  rest  of  us  in  the  back  part  of  the  room  uncom- 
fortable. In  those  days  too  when  everything  moved  quietly  along  in 
both  the  First  and  Brainard  churches  there  was  quite  a  well  recognized 
gulf  between  them,  but  if  anything  occurred  in  either  to  disturb  its 
harmony  that  gulf  was  in  no  sense  impassable  but  was  easily  crossed 
from    the    one    side    to    the    other. 

We  had  a  very  prosperous  Sabbath  School  of  which  Major  Sitgraves 
was  superintendent  and  Mr.  Hensal  assistant.  Dr.  Gray  usually  came  in 
on  great  occasions  to  address  the  Sabbath  School.  When  Mr.  Youngman 
graduated  from  College  and  was  as  we  all  thought  about  to  leave  he 
made  a  very  touching  farewell  address.  Beginning  "There  is  nothing 
Changeless  but  Change,"  the  address  however  was  not  all  appropriate 
for  Yoimgman  remained  got  married  and  has  lived  in  Easton  ever 
since,  though  it  was  somewhat  prophetic  for  he  has  I  understand  since 
changed  his  church  relations. 

With  most  of  your  pastors  since  those  days  I  was  more  or  less 
acquainted  and  Dr.  Miller  very  intimately.  Your  present  pastor  I  first 
met  in  Minnesota  where  he  labored  for  some  time  with  much  acceptance 
and  left  greatly  to  the  regret  of  the  church  he  served  and  of  the 
ministers  of  the  Synod  who  appreciated  his  worth.  I  hope  you  will  take 
good  care  of  him  and  may  he  be  a  worthy  successor  to  such  men  as  I 
have  known  as  your  pastors  and  may  the  old  First  Church  always  con- 
tinue to  prosper  and  the  continuity  of  good  men  with  which  in  its  early 
history   it   was    so    signally   blessed,   be   preserved. 

Ever   your   friend   and   brother, 

Geo.    C.    Pollock. 

Easton,  Pa.,  Oct.  3,  191 1. 
DE-ar  P-astor  PlaTo  T.  Jones  : — The  Ministerial  Association  of  Easton 
and  Vicinity  extends  to  you  and  your  congregation  congratulations  and 
hearty  greetings  on  the  f  Icbration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  founding  of  your  church.  May  your  future  be  as  glorious  and 
prosperous    as   has   been   your   past. 

Asking  God's  blessing  upon  your  noble  work,  we  remain, 

Fraternally   yours. 

The  Ministerial  Association. 

per  L.   S.   Trump.   Secretary. 


RECORD  OF  THE  CHURCH  FOR  100  YEARS. 


Officers. 


The  Pastors 

Stephen  Boyer  (Stated  Supply),  1811-1814. 

David  Bishop  (Stated  Supply),   1716-1822.1 

John  Gray,  D.  D.  (Stated  Supply ),  1822-182S,  Pastor  1828-1867. 

Moses  Ayres  Depue,  Assistant  Pastor,   1866-1867. 

William  A.  Kerr  (Pastor),  1867- 1870. 

Franklin  E.  Miller,  D.  D.  (Pastor),   1871-1887. 

Douglas  A.  Carlile  (Pastor),  1887-1890. 

Francis  Stoddard  Haines  (Pastor),  1891-1903. 

Plato  Tydvil  Jones  (Pastor),  1904- 


Th« 

Thomas  Bullman,  1812-1824. 
Benjamin  Hinds,  1812-1833. 
Samuel  R.  Findley,  1812-1830. 
Henry  Brows,  1812-1823. 
Thomas  McKeen,  1823- 1858. 
J.  M.  Howell,  1823-1837. 
Enoch  Green,  1S31-1856. 
John  Stewart,   1831-1853;   1870-1885. 
James  Wilson,  1831-1847. 
Stewart  Kennedy,   1S37-1847. 
Charles  Sitgreaves,  1847-1878. 
Joseph  Dawes,  1 853-1 861. 
James  M.  Porter,  1853-1862. 
George  W.  Housel,  1S53-1865. 
James  M.  Long,  1853-1872. 
Samuel  Boileau,  1860-1872. 
Peter  F.  Eilenberger,  1860-1874. 


Elders 

Matthew  Hale  Jones,  1867-1883. 
James  M.  Andrews,  1867-1876. 
Charles  Stewart,  1870- 
George  G.  Rambo,  1875-1911. 
Traill  Green,  1877-1897. 
James  V.  Bull,  1877- 
Daniel  A.  Tinsman,  1879-1893. 
T.  McKeen  Andrews,  1889-1900. 
Jacob  Mann,  1886-1910. 
Charles  Mclntire,  1886- 
William  H.  Dudley,  1901-1906. 
John  Edgar  Fretz,  1901- 
O.  D.  McConnell,  1901- 
D.  Halleck  Day,  1908- 
Lorenzo  F.  Heiberger,   1908-1911. 
J.  H.  Wilking,  1908- 
Henry  Wysor,  1908- 


Charles  Sitgreaves,  1842-1847. 
James  McKeen,  1842-1853. 
John  I.  Burke,  1842-1848. 
John  Pollock,  1842-1853. 
Thomas  McKeen,  1853-1868. 
Benjamin  Burwell,  1853-1853. 

1  Died  May  19,  1822. 

2  Died  Jan.  12,  1868. 


The  Deacons 

Peter  Eilenberger,  1854- 1860. 
John  Micke,  1854-1859. 
Richard  S.  Bell,  1860-1878. 
James  M.  Andrews,  1860-1867. 
John  Semple,  i860- 1899. 
James  B.  Wilson,  1860-1864. 


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The  Trustees 

1812 — March  10,  John  Green,  Absalom  Reeder,  Benjamin  Green,  Benjamin 
Hinds,  John  Ewing,  Samuel  R.  Finley  and  Joseph  Burke  were 
elected  to  serve  until  November,  1812. 

November  2,  John  Green,  Absalom  Reeder,  Benjamin   Green,  Benja- 
min Hinds,  Samuel  R.  Finley,  Ezeck  Howell  and  Moses  Dawes 
were  elected  for  one  year. 
1818 — January  6  (The  next  election  lecorded). 

Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall,  Jesse  M.  Howell  for  one  year. 

Robert  Innes,  Joseph  Burke,  Absalom  Reeder  for  two  years. 

John  Green,  William  Kennedy,  Ezeck  Howell  for  three  years. 

This  was  the  first  election  under  the  active  incorporation  and  the  first 
annual  meeting  of  the  church  as  a  corporate  body. 

At  the  subsequent  annual  meetings  the  following  were  elected  : 
1819 — Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall,  Jesse  M.  Howell  for  three  years. 
1820 — Joseph  Burke,  Absalom  Reeder,  John  Boas  for  three  years. 
1821 — John  Green,  William  Kennedy,  Ezeck  Howell  for  three  years. 
1822— Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall,  Jesse  M.  Howell  for  three  years. 
1823 — Joseph  Burke,  Absalom  Reeder,  John  Boas  for  three  years. 
1824 — John  Stewart  for  one  year  in  place  of  Jesse  M.  Howell. 

John  Green,  William  Kennedy  and  Ezeck  Howell  for  three  years. 
1825 — Hill  Hutchinson  two  years  in  place  of  William  Kennedy. 

Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall  and  John  Stewart  for  three  years. 
1826 — John  Boas,  Absalom  Reeder  and  Joseph  Burke  for  three  years. 
1827 — John  Green,  Ezeck  Howell  and  Hill  Hutchinson  for  three  years. 
1828 — Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall  and  John  Stewart  for  three  years. 
1829 — John  Boas,  Absalom  Reeder  and  Joseph  Burke  for  three  years. 
1830 — John  Green,  Hill  Hutchinson  and  James  Wilson  for  three  years. 
1831— Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall  and  John  Stewart  for  three  years. 
1832 — Joseph  Burke,  John  Boas  and  Absalom  Reeder  for  three  years. 
1833 — John  Green,  James  Wilson  and  Jesse  M.  Howell  for  three  years. 
1834 — Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall  and  John  Stewart  for  three  years. 
1835 — Joseph  Burke,  John  Boas  and  Absalom  Reeder  for  three  years. 
1836 — John  Green,  Jesse  M.  Howell  and  James  Wilson  for  three  years. 
1837 — James  McKeen  and  for  two  years  in  place  of  Jesse  H.  Howell. 

Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall  and  John  Stewart  for  three  years. 
1838— Joseph  Burke,  John  Boas  and  Absalom  Reeder,  for  three  years. 
1839 — John  Green,  James  McKeen  and  James  M.  Porter  for  three  years. 
1840 — John  I.  Burke,  A.  H.  Reeder  for  one  year  in  place  of  Absalom  Reeder 
and  Joseph  Burke. 

Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall  andC.  Rodenbough  for  three  years. 
1841 — A.  H.  Reeder,  John  I.  Burke  and  John  Boas  for  three  years. 
1842 — John  Green,  James  McKeen  and  James  M.  Porter  for  three  years. 
1843— Benjamin  Green,  Ralph  Tindall  and  Charles  Rodenbough  for  three 
years. 


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1844— A.  H.  Reeder,  John  I.  Burke  and  John  Boas  for  three  years. 
1845 — Richard  Green  one  year  m  place  of  Benjamin  Green. 

Joseph  Dawes  two  j-ears  in  place  of  John  Boas. 

John  Green,  James  M.  Porter  and  James  McKeen  for  three  years. 
1846 — Ralph  Tindall,  Richard  Green  and  James  M.  Wilson  for  three  years. 
1847 — George  Housel  two  years  in  place  of  Richard  Green. 

A.  H.  Reeder,  Joseph  Dawes  and  John  I.  Burke  for  three  years. 
1848 — James  M.  Porter,  James  McKeen  and  E.  F.  Stewart  for  three  years. 
1849 — Ralph  Tindall,  James  Dixon  and  G.  W.  Housel  for  three  years. 
1850 — A.  H.  Reeder,  Joseph  Dawes  and  John  I.  Burke  for  three  years. 
1851 — John  W.  Bell  for  one  year  in  place  of . 

James  McKeen,  James  M.  Porter  and  E.  F.  Stewart  for  three  years. 
1852  — S.  L.  Rodenbough  one  year  in  place  of . 

Derrick  Hulick  for  two  years  in  place  of  . 


John  W.  Bell,  J.  W.  Long  and  Frekerick  Wagener  for  three  years. 
1853 — A.  H.  Reeder,  Joseph  Dawes  and  Joseph  Dawes  for  three  years. 
1854 — ^John  Micke  for  one  year  in  place  of . 

E.  Quinn  for  two  years  in  place  of . 

J.  M.  Porter,  M.  H.  Jones  and  Charles  Rodenbough  for  three  years. 
1855 — ^Jacob  Abel,  James  W.  Long  and  John  Micke  for  three  years. 
1856 — Joseph  Dawes,  Edward  Quinn  and  John  T.  Knight  for  three  years. 
1857 — ^J.  M.  Porter,  Jr.,  M.  H.  Jones  and  G.  W.  Housel  for  three  years. 
1858 — Jacob  Abel,  J.  W.  Long  and  John  Micke  for  three  years. 
1859 — Joseph  Dawes,  Edward  Quinn  and  J.  T.  Knight  for  three  years. 
i860— Charles  Rodenbough  for  one  year  in  place  of . 

M.  H.  Jones,  J.  M.  Porter,  Jr.  and  G.  W.  Housel  for  three  years. 
1861 — Jacob  Abel,  Charles  Rodenbough  and  J.  W.  Long  for  three  years. 
1862 — McEvers  Forman,  two  years  in  place  of  E.  Quinn,  J.  T.  Knight  and 

Derrick  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1863 — M.  H.  Jones,  J.  M.  Porter,  Jr.,  and  Richard  Bell  for  three  years. 
1864 — Charles  Rodenbough,    McEvers  Forman   and  J.  W.  Long   for   three 

years. 
1865 — Edward  Quinn,  J.  T.  Knight  and  D.  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1866 — John  I.  Kinsay  for  two  years  in  place  of  E.  Quinn. 

M.  H.  Jones,  J.  M.  Porter,  Jr.,  and  Richard  Bell  for  three  years. 
1867 — Charles  Rodenbough,   J.  \V.  Long   and   McEvers   Forman   for   three 

years. 
1868 — ^John  T.  Knight,  D.  Hulick  and  J.  I.  Kinsay  for  three  j'ears. 
1869 — M.  H.  Jones,  J.  M.  Porter,  Jr.,  and  John  Drake  for  three  years. 
1870 — John  Stewart  for  two  years  in  place  of  J.  M.  Porter,  Jr. 

Charles  Rodenbough,  J.   W.   Long  and  McEvers  Forman  for   three 
years. 
1871 — John  I.  Kinsey,  John  T.  Knight  and  W.  S.  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1872— John  Stewart,  Richard  Bell  and  "William  Young  for  three  years. 


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1S73  — McEvers  Forman,   J.   S.   Rodenbough   and    R.  M.  Shouse  for  three 

years. 
1874 — Matthew  Hale  Jones,  John  I.  Kinsey  and  W.  S.  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1875— Charles  Stewart,  William  Young  and  A.  S.  Deichnian  for  three  years. 
1876— McEvers  Forman,  Joseph  S.   Rodenbough  and  A.  Sherrer  for  three 

years. 
1877— Matthew  Hale  Jones,  John  I.  Kinsey  and  W.  S.  Hulick  forthree  years. 
187S — Charles  Stewart,  William  Young  and  A.  S.  Deichman  for  three  years. 
1879— McEvers  Forman,  J.  S.  Rodenbough  and  A.  S.  Sherrer  for  three  years. 
1880 — John  R.  Bennett,  John  I.  Kinsey  and  W.  S.  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1S81 — Charles  Stewart,  A.  S.  Deichman  and  William  Young  for  three  years. 
1882 — McEvers  Forman,  T.  McKeen  Andrews  and  A.  Sherrer  for  three  years. 
1883— C.  F.  Chidsey,  J.  T.  Knight,  W.  H.  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1884 — Charles  Stewart,  A.  S.  Deichman  and  William  Young  for  three  years. 
1885 — T.  McKeen  Andrews,  A.  Sherrer  and  Charles  Dudley  for  three  years. 
1886— C.  F.  Chidsey,  J.  T.  Knight  and  W.  H.  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1887 — Charles  Stewart,  D.  J.  Howell  and  N.  A.  Johnson  for  three  years. 
1888 — Abram  Sherrer,  Chas.  Dudley  and  T.  McKeen  Andrews. 
1889— John  T.  Knight,  C.  F.  Chidsey  and  W.  H.  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1890 — Charles  Stewart,    N.  A.Johnson   and   Fletcher   H.  Knight  for  three 

years. 
1891 — Abraham  Sherrer,  Charles  Dudlej'  and  T.  McKeen  Andrews  for  three 

years. 
1892— W.  H.  Hulick,  C.  F.  Chidsey  and  W.  H.  Keller  for  three  years. 
1893 — Charles  Stewart,  N.  A.  Johnson  and  F.  H.  Knight  for  three  years, 
1894 — E.  M.  Green,  T.  McKeen  Andrews  and  W.  W.  Moon  for  three  years. 
1895 — W.  H.  Hulick,  Frank  W.  Stewart  and  L.  B.  Hapgood  for  three  years. 
1896 — J.  I.  Kinsey,  J.  M,  Porter,  3d,  and  F.  H.  Knight  for  three  years. 
1897— E.  M.  Green,  T.  McKeen  Andrews  and  George  P.  Adamson  for  three - 

years. 
1898 — Allen  Carpenter  for  two  years  in  place  of  T.  McKeen  Andrews. 

L.  B.  Hapgood,  F.  W.  Stewart  and  W.  H.  Hulick  for  three  years. 
1899 — F.  S.  Bixler,  J.  I.  Kinsey  and  J.  M.  Porter,  3d,  for  three  years. 
1500 — George  P.  Adamson,  Allen  Carpenter  and  E.  M.  Green  for  three  years. 
1901 — L.  B.  Hapgood,  W.  H.  Hulick  and  F.  W.  Stewart  for  three  years. 
1902 — F.  S.  Bixler,  John  I.  Kinsey  and  W.  E.  Howell  for  three  years. 
1903 — John  McNeal,  Jr.,  for  one  year  in  place  of  W.  H.  Hulick. 

Allen  Carpenter,  E.  M.  Green  and  George  P.  Adamson  for  three  years. 
1904 — E.  R.  Armstrong  for  one  year  in  place  of  John  I.  Kinsey. 

J.  Floyd  Andrews  for  two  years  in  place  of  G.  P.  Adamson. 
F.  W.  Stewart,  L.  B.  Hapgoad  and  John  McNeal,  Jr.,  for  three  years. 
1905  —  W.  E.  Howell,  E.  R.  Armstrong  and  Floyd  S.  Bixler  for  three  years. 
1906 — Allen  Carpenter,    C.   K.  Williams   and  John  M.   Sherrerd  for  three 

years. 
1907 — F.  W.  Stewart,  L.  B.  Hapgood  and  John  McNeal,  Jr.,  forthree  years. 
1908 — W.  R.  Francisco  for  two  years  in  place  of  John  McNeal,  Jr. 

W.  E.  Howell,  F.  S.  Bixler  and  Charles  P.  Siegfried  for  three  years. 
1909 — John  M.  Sherrerd  for  one  year  in  place  of  F.  W.  Stewart. 

Allen  Carpenter,  C.  K.  Williams  and  E.  M.  Green  for  three  years. 
1910 — John  M.  Sherrerd,  W.  R.  Francisco  and  T.  E.  Swan  for  three  years. 
1911— W.  E.  Howell,  Charles  P.  Siegfried  and  F.  S.  Bixler  for  three  years. 


72 


List  of  Members  of  the    First    Presbyterian   Church 
from  1812  to  Present  Date 


Note. — This  list  is  an  attempt  to  arrange  all  who  have  been  members  of  the  church 
in  the  order  of  their  admission.  In  the  "  I,ist  of  Communicants  "  the  names  are  arranged 
alphabetically,  usually  with  the  record  of  the  date  of  admission.  The  names  also  should 
appear  in  the  minutes  of  the  Session,  thus  furnishing  duplicate  sources  of  information. 
Unfortunately,  neither  the  names  themselves  nor  the  dates  always  correspond  and  there 
may  be  some  errors  growing  out  of  that  fact.  As  the  effort  was  made  to  tran.scribe  liter- 
ally, no  attempt  was  made  to  edit  the  spelling  of  the  names  as  giving  in  the  records  which 
will  account  for  the  members  of  the  same  family  having  their  names  spelled  in  a  differ- 
ent way. 


1812 

Thotnas  Bullman 
Joseph  Daws 
Benjamin  Hinds 
Samuel  R.  Finley 
Ingham  Kinsey 
Samuel  Minton 
Ralph  Tindall 
Henry  Brows 
Elizabeth  Brows 
Joseph  Burke 
Daniel  Quigley 
Margaret  Quigley 
Susan  Burke 
Rachel  Minton 
Elizabeth  Hinds 
Sally  Lee 
Cooper  Staats 
Sarah  Staats 
Martha  McFarling 
Sarah  Hunt 
Margaret  Patterson 
Mary  Dean 
Elizabeth  Miller 

1816 

Jesse  M.  Howell 
Margaret  McElroy 
Tunis  Francis 
1817 
Mrs.  Christiana  Reeder 
Mrs.  Fling 
Alexander  Wilson 
William  Rogers 


Eli  Sherman 
Margaret  Sherman 
Mrs.  Margaret  Evans 
Thomas  Babcock 
William  Kennedy 
Jane  Carr 

Mrs.  Mary  Thompson 
Sarah  Kennedy 

1818 
Elizabeth  Bidleman 
Elizabeth  Carter 

1819 

John  Evans 
Jane  Evans 
Henry  Hill 
Theodosia  Hill 
Henrietta  Arndt 
Elenor  Shank 
Ann  Erb 
Mary  Reese 
John  Cawley 
Mary  Cawley 
Ann  Price 
Mrs.  Genther 
Peter  Snyder 
Elizabeth  Snyder 
James  Wilson 
Dorothy  Thompson 

1820 
Christiana  Grey 
Henry  Chauncey 
Jacobi  Depui 
John  Gano 


73 


Elizabeth  Johnston 
Elizabeth  Vandyke 
Deborah  Howell 
John  Parsons 
Elizabeth  Logan 
Margaret  Long 
Elizabeth  Newberry 
Mary  Sterling 
Lydia  Green 
Dinah  Rhea 

1821 

Mrs.  Ann  Williamson 
Rebecca  Taylor 

1822 

Thomas  McElroy 
Jacob  Kerr 
Margaret  Bidleman 
Mrs.  Plotts 
Elizabeth  Martin 
Elizabeth  Dingier 
Margaret  Beers 
Mary  Head 
Maria  Mott 
Nancy  Bullman 
Thomas  McKeen 
Elizabeth  McKeen 
Mrs.  John  Gray 

1823 

Charles  Beers 
Anne  Welsh 
Mary  C.  Michler 
John  Stewart 
Elizabeth  Stewart 
Mrs.  Benjamin  Green 
Sarah  Swick 
Harriet  P.  Porter 
Mrs.  Stansbury 

1824 

Thomas  Reese 
Mary  Reese 
Mrs.   Latimore 
Rosanna  Bidleman 
Mrs.  Bowes 


Jane  Ramsay 

Mrs.  Finley 

Mrs.  Rhoda  Green 

Sarah  Vogel 

Charlotte  M.  E.  Vandervere 

1825 
Bathsheba  Miller 
Eve  Burnside 
Elizabeth  Morgan 
Sarah  Schooley 
Martha  Abel 
Wm.  J.  S.  McHargh 
Adam  Ramsay 
Ann  Ramsay 
Mary  Maxwell 
Hugh  Toland 
Mrs.  Bellis 

1826 

Ann  Hineline 
Elizabeth  Kessler 
Mrs.  Chauncey 
Elizabeth  Murray 
Mary  Shoemaker 
Thomas  Spinks 
Hannah  Toland 
John  Wilson 
Marie  Able 

1827 

Thomas  Thompson 
Jane  L.  Sitgreaves 
Sarah  Marts 
Hugh  Heinline 
Abel  Heinline 
Rebecca  Heinline 
Eliza  A.  Wilson 
Lydia  Hoffman 
Robert  Innes 
Catherine  Innes 
Catherine  Miller 
Jonathan  Kinsay 
William  Long 
Morgan  Long 
Sarah  Thompson 
Catharine  Leidy 


74 


1828    " 

Philip  Kinsay 
Euphemia  Deringer 
Sarah  Melic 
Mrs.  Julia  Arnold 
James  McKeen 
Stephen  Henr}- 
Mrs.  Mary  Arnold 
Sarah  George 
Ann  Francis 
Elizabeth  L,owry 
Sarah  Miller 
Abby  Ann  Tindall 
Jane  Barnes 
Simon  Frantz 
Sarah  Frantz 
William  Hummel 
Mary  Winter 
Caroline  Tindall 

1829 

Charles  Rodenbough 
Maria  Drinkhouse 
Eliza  Gould 
Mary  Hutcheson 
Mary  Tharp 
Enoch  Green 
Richard  Green 
Charles  Green 
James  M.  Porter 
Mrs.  Charles  Green 
Elizabeth  Able 
Mrs.  Richard  Green 
Mrs.  Mary  Long 
Eliza  Bennett 
Mrs.  Dusenberry 
Joel  Jones 
Catherine  Schooley 
Elenor  Tharp 
Nancy  Ihrie 
Mary  Ann  Dawes 
Samuel  Long 
1830 
Matilda  White 
Mrs.  Sibell  Abott 


Stewart  Kennedy 
Ann  Kennedy 
William  Riley 
Philip  Larrue 
Nancy  Morris 
Elizabeth  Ferguson 
Mathias  Ferguson 
Martha  Long 
Caroline  Caster 
James  W.  Long 
Thomas  S.  Long 
Sarah  Shick 
Mary  Workman 

1831 

John  Maxwell 
Mrs.  Maxwell 
Mrs.  Rockafellow 
Mrs.  Hause 
Caleb  Dusenberry 
Rachel  Houpt 
Charles  Innes 
Mary  M.  Yard 
Anna  Hummel 
Jane  Sourpeck 
Rebecca  Tomer 
Mary  Gogan 
Absalom  Reeder 
Hugh  Ferguson 
Maria  Ferguson 
Mary  Moser 
Sarah  Donlevy 
William  Semple 
Marion  Semple 
Thomas  Evans 
Elizabeth  Evans 
Jacob  Smith 
Elizabeth  Smith 
Mary  Jane  Abernethy 
Sarah  Ann  Maxwell 
James  Ballentine 
Mar}'  Ann  Beers 
Sally  Mutchler 
Mrs.  Sarah  Mellick 
Sarah  Dile 


75 


Caroline  Gross 
Sarah  Keider 
Catharine  Kuntzman 
Sarah  Ann  Hill 
Mary  M.  Fry 
Leonora  Burnside 
Daniel  Pippinger 
Abraham  Hoaglaud 
Hetty  Hunt 
Ellen  M.  Hunt 
Matilda  Innes 
Anna  Jacobi 
Mary  Rice 
Esther  P.  Tillotson 
Mary  Daws 

Ann  Elizabeth  Heckman 
Elenora  Bittenbender 
Philip  Bovee 
Mary  Carman 
William  Workman 
John  Johnston 
1832 
John  Apple 
Mrs.  Mary  Mixsell 
Mrs.  Maria  Shick 
Mrs.  Sarah  Jones 
Hulda  Herman 
Jf-.ne  Gaston 
Eliza  Ribble 
Martha  Moore 
Benjamin  Jones 
Andrew  Barr 
Charles  Ramsey 
Mrs.  Mary  Moore 
Mrs.  Ann  Ballantine 
Mrs.  Maria  Seller 
Ann  Sterling 
Eliza  Closs 
Nancy  Ross 
Eliza  Hutcheson 
Henrietta  Hutcheson 
Charles  F.  Worrell 
Joseph  Worrell 
Mrs.  Ann  Worrell 
Samuel  Kinsey 


Harriet  Levan 
Ellen  Junkin 
Catherine  Overfield 
Sarah  Gross 
Rachel  Kroose 
William  Ridell 
Sarah  Ridell 
Theresa  Servils 
Mrs.  Fry 
Daniel  Gaston 
Thomas  Pollock 
Susan  Dawes 
Samuel  Thompson 
Nancy  Thompson 
Russel  S.  Chidsey 
Robert  McClerland 
Isabella  Prior 
Isaac  Hall 
James  W.  Long 
Jane  Rebecca  Ridgway 
Louisa  Tindall 
John  Hoagland 

1833 

Sarah  Gaines 
Jane  Francis 
Charles  Schooley 
Lewis  Evans 
Thomas  Sebring 
Azariah  Prior 
Peter  Batt 
Andrew  Tully 
Sarah  Ann  Osborn 
Leonora  Heckman 
Elizabeth  Sigman 
Mar}'  Ann  Ramsay 
James  Coon 
Ellen  Green 
Mrs.  Maria  Clark 
Mrs.  Matilda  Burke 
Eliza  Cole 
Elizabeth  Evans 
Juliann  Newell 
Mrs.  William  Bixler 
Rachel  Warner 
Rev.  Joseph  McCool 


76 


Mrs.  McCool      " 

Mrs.  Frederick  Wagener 

Daniel  Wagener 

Mrs.  Daniel  Wagener 

Maria  Dusenberry 

Mary  Innes 

John  Bell 

Mrs.  Mary  Harrison 

IVCay  Harrison 

Sarah  Harrison 

Mrs.  Margaret  Smith 

Margaret  Schooley 

Susan  Depue 

Mary  Miller 

Letitia  Van  Camp 

John  Conner 

1834 

George  Adams 

Richard  Hagaman 

Mrs.  Connor 

Margaret  Gould 

Mary  Boulton 

Barnibas  Collins 

Moses  Sill 

John  Tenbrook 

Joseph  Farquhar 

Christianna  Farquhar 

Charles  Elliott 

Mrs.  Sarah  Maxwell 

Mary  E.  Maxwell 

Mrs.  Vannatta 

Lydia  Servey 

Hetty  Dusenberry 

Mrs.  Eliza  Jones 

Mrs.  Sarah  Cummins 
Miss  Priscilla  Mallory 
William  Kennedy 
Sarah  Kennedy 
Jane  Kerr 
Eliza  Logan 
William  Kerr 
Elizabeth  Cummins 
James  Ramsay 
Mrs.  S.  C.  P.  Bishop 
Mrs.  Margaret  Able 


Johnston  Godown 
Mrs.  Godown 
Johanna  Dawes 
Laurentia  Osterstock 
Mrs.  Henry 
Mrs.  Sarah  McCabe 

1835 

William  C.  Logan 
Elizabeth  Patterson 
Sally  Ann  Toland 
Isaac  Randall 
Eve  Randall 
Allexander  Miller 
Margaret  Miller 
Wanky  Snyder 
Mary  Sine 
Mary  Heckman 
Margaret  Shaw 
Martha  Denny 
Rebecca  E.  Galloway 
Belinda  Burnside 
Hannah  Gardner 
Thomas  Anderson 
John  Adams 
Rachel  Johnston 
Eliza  Yard 
Benjamin  Burwell 
George  W.  Smith 

1836 

Sally  Ann  Brittain 
Dixon  Levers 
Margaret  Magawgey 
Mrs.  Margaret  Smith 
Mary  Ann  Ralston 
Mrs.  Brown 
Angeline  Everitt 
Godfrey  Kline 
John  Miller 
Sarah  Ann  Beers 
Mrs.  Sarah  Green 
Darwin  Cook 
Mrs.  Wellington 
Mrs.  John  P.  Roseberry 
Mrs.  Michael  Roseberry 
Isabella  Semple 


77 


Marion  Semple 
Harriet  Tindall 
Susan  Lerch 
Anna  Gaston 
Mrs.  Lane  Tindall 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Larrew 
Mary  Ann  Leatherberry 
Mary  Ann  Hoagland 
Elizabeth  Wilson 
Amanda  Hill 
Elizabeth  McKeen  Kelly 
Mary  Gaston 
John  Gray 
Mrs.  Sophia  Rogers 
Mrs.  John  Heckman 
Mrs.  Nancy  Dawes 
Catherine  Finley 
Margaret  Schooley 
Charlotte  Bell 
Peter  Winters 
James  Snodgrass 
Rachel  Vachter 
Mrs.  Mary  Clemmens 
Sarah  Rice 
William  A.  Porter 
Thomas  Porter 
William  Sturgeon 
Traill  Green 

1837 

William  Rambo 
Susanna  Rambo 
Mary  Green 
Charles  Sitgreaves 
David  Moore 
Juliann  Leidy 
Samuel  De  Puy 
Eliza  De  Puy 
Mrs.  Roseberry 
Susannah  Lewers 
George  Shick 
Francis  Y.  Dawes 
Augusta  Ritchie 
David  Reid 
Isaac  Randall 
Eve  Randall 


Jesse  McNeill 

Samuel  Depew 

Mrs.  Samuel  Depew 

Mrs.  Phoebe  Hartley 

William  L.  Apple 

William  L.  Hasbrouck 

Nathan  Solomon 

Eliza  Depew 

Ezekiel  Hill 

John  Farquhar 

Mr.  Henderson 

Mrs.  Mary  Green 

Mrs.  Unangst 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wideman 

Mr.  Cunningham 

Mrs.  Cunningham 

Mrs.  Forman 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  Sigman 

Jesse  Brown 

Mrs.  Margaret  Beers 

Margaret  Shurts 

1838 

Thomas  Thomas 
Elizabeth  Semple 
Isabella  Gaston 
Martha  Lorrain 
Mrs.  Van  Buren 
Thomas  Innes 
Phoebe  Innes 
John  Howell,  Sr. 
Jessie  Farquhar 
Ailse  Farquhar 
George  Farquhar 
Dorotha  Farquhar 
Ann  Farquhar 
Harriett  E.  Trevett 
Abraham  Bonnell 
Lydia  H.  Bonnell 
Catherine  Bonnell 
Rachel  Bonnell 
Lydia  D.  Maxwell 
Mrs.  Sherer 
Mrs.  Thomas  Beers. 
Charles  Priest 
Barbara  Priest 


78 


Peter  B.  Harvy  " 
Lewis  Hopt 
Samuel  McCanagher 
Andrew  H.  Reeder 
Mary  Mann 
Benjamin  Godshalk 
John  M.  Lowrie 

1839 

Mrs.  Jane  De  Mott 
Mrs.  Charlotte  Emery 
Mrs.  Gordon 
Mrs.  Jane  Lane 
Mr.  Vanburen 
Mr.  Bask  in 
John  Pollock 
John  McMurray 
Washington  McCartney 
Thomas  L.  Kollock 
Ellen  Struthers 
JohnR.  McMullin 
Mrs.  McMullin 
Mrs.  Dawes 

1840 

Mrs.  Maria  Metier 
Sarah  Sine 
Elizabeth  Sine 
Ellen  Junkin 
Mr.  Chapman 
Thomas  Jones  Hoff 
William  Henry  Green 
Chauucey  Rice 
IMargaret  Junkin 
Susan  Russell 
Sarah  Russell 
Dr.  McCulloch 
Eliza  A.  Jeflfrys 
Matthias  Melic 
Boyd  Young 
Elizabeth  Hill 
Ann  Balliet 
Mary  Hill 
Cornelius  Lane 
Nicholas  Olmstead 
Mrs.  Mary  McKeen 


James  S.  Long 
Mrs.  Maria  Kennedy 
John  I.  Burke 
James  Wilson 
Mrs.  Jane  Boyde 
Mrs.  Jessie  McNeil 
Mrs.  Maria  Lattimore 
Mary  Gress 
John  Mutchler 
Sarah  Mutchler 
Aaron  HoflF 
Mrs.  John  Dickson 

1841 

Mrs.  George  Luckenbach 
Johnston  Godown 
Mrs.  Godown 
Hugh  H.  Abernethy 
Mary  Jane  Abernethy 
Mrs.  Salade 
John  Loder 
Mrs.  William  Kerr 
Mrs.  Maria  White 
Mrs.  Kelchner 
William  Fair 
Sarah  Wilson 
Mrs.  Thatcher 
Abraham  McLaine 
Mrs.  Letitia  Swayze 

1842 

Mr.  Thatcher 
Mrs.  Ann  Housel 
Mrs.  Mary  Able 
Calvin  S.  Bishop 
Amelia  Ann  Bishop 
Mrs.  William  Green 
Mrs.  Nassau 
Charles  Jones 
James  Pollock 
Janet  Pollock 
Henrietta  Green 
Mary  Thompson 
Elizabeth  Dingier 
Alfred  Reading 
Thomas  Alexander,  Jr. 


79 


Mary  Farquhar 
Robert  Innes 
Mrs.  Keturah  Sloan 
James  Pollock,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Jane  King 
Edward  R.  Bullock 
Jesse  M.  Howell 
Thomas  G.  Stewart 
Christianna  Stewart 
Joseph  Thompson 
Margaret  Chapin 

1843 

Frederick  Waggener 
Charlotte  Bell 
Richard  S.  Bell 
Rebecca  Bell 
Courtland  M.  Bell 
Serena  Bell 
Herster  Bell 
William  David 
W.  W.  Cottingham 
John  McNeill 
Mrs.  Phoebe  Lewis 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Cowden 
Mrs.  Eliza  Chidsey 
Agnes  Semple 
Joseph  Nassau 
George  Heckman 
Edward  F.  Stewart 
Mrs.  Mary  Cook 
Mrs.  Jane  Hart 
Prof.  David  Yeomans 
Mrs.  Ann  Yoemans 
James  Callen 
Reuben  H.  Crosby 
Henry  B.  Duffin 
George  Housel 
Isabella  Nassau 
Tamzen  Dusenberry 
Jeremiah  Phillips 
William  Hagamau 
Matthew  Morrison 
Mrs.  Matthew  Morrison 
David  Tully 
Elizabeth  Reese 


Robert  Ferguson 

Mrs.  Richard  Hagaman 

1844 

Ezek  Dewitt 
Margaret  Heckman 
Mary  Ellen  Swazy 
Margaret  McMurtrie 
John  D.  Haiman 
Sarah  Ann  Haiman 
M.  S.  Bainum 
Mrs.  Bainum 
Robert  G.  Jacoby 
John  Semple 
Mrs.  Bnrwell 
William  Drake 
Mrs.  Rachel  Drake 
Mrs.  Mary  Hughes 
Wm.  Nathaniel  Drake 
Mary  Randall 
John  Dickson 
Christianna  Reese 
Mrs.  Martha  Opdyke 
Samuel  Depew 
Mrs.  Samuel  Depew 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Dewitt 

1845 

Mrs.  Catherine  Green 
Mrs.  Maria  Meeker 
Mrs.  Matilda  Heath 
Mrs.  Julia  R.  Junkin 
Margaret  Junkin 
Ellen  Junkin 
Hannah  Hartzell 
Robert  Ferguson,  Jr. 
Mrs.  Ezek  Howell 
Joseph  Howell 
Sarah  Howell 
Margaret  Welsh 
Elijah  P.  Hunt 
George  Housel 
Mrs.  Ann  Housel 
A.  Phillips 
Henrietta  Green 
Mrs.  Charity  Searfoss 
William  Budd  Smith. 


8o 


Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smith 
Rachel  C.  Smith 
Mrs.  Margaret  C.  Sherer 
Sarah  Howell 
John  Agnew 
Agnes  Agnew 
Margaret  Will 
Jane  Boyd 
Mary  Boyd 
Mary  Ann  Hanna 
Nancy  Ferguson 
Mary  Ann  Ferguson 
Michael  Miller 
Ebenezer  Junkin 
Elizabeth  Nassau 

1846 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Smith 
E.   Thompson    Baird 
Samuel    Holmes 
Nancy    Hunt 
Wm.   F.   P.   Noble 
Helen   Pollock 
Lavinia    Lattimore 
Charles    Wagner 
John   J.    Allen 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Allen 
Elizabeth  Schofield 
Mrs.  Mary  Steckle 
Mary    Wilson 
Mrs.    Margaret   Leslie 
Mrs.  Caroline  Phillips 
Mrs.    Margaret    Nolen 
Mary    Jane    Lava 

1847 
Samuel  C.  Brown 
Mrs.   Achsah   Brown 
Mrs.  Rachel  Kennedy 
Alexander   Wilson 
Mary  Cathcart  Wilson 
Elizabeth  Able 
Abigail    HofT 
Mrs.    George    Luckenbach 
Mrs.    Elizabeth    Lane 
Mrs.  Jennetta  Bacon 


Mrs.    Eliza    H.    Johnston 

Mrs.   Christina   Smith 

Almon    Ticknor 

Anna   Mansfield   Ticknor 

Anna    Semple 

Mrs.  Johnston 

William   J.    Smith 

Elizabeth  E.   Smith 

S.  A.  Barnes 

Mrs.    Maria    McCulloch 

Edward    Quinn 

Mrs.    Edward   Quinn 

Thomas    McKeen 

Edwin    Young 

Mrs.    Romelia   Taylor 

Joseph    McClintock 

Amanda   Hutcheson 

Emily   Hutcheson 

1848 

Levi   Bennett 
Leigh  Rodenbough 
Sarah    D.    Bennett 
Mrs.    Lavinia   Darrand 
Elizabeth   Sturgeon 
Keziah  Hutcheson 
John    W.    Johnston 
Jesse    M.    Howell 
John    Duffin,    Sr. 
Jane  Boyd  Duffin 
Adam   Runkle 
Sarah  Runkle 
Mrs.  E.  V.  Davis 
Eleanor   Matilda   Welsh 
Anna  Maria   Hei'iltne 
Mrs.   Elizabeth   Maxwell 
Mrs.   Harriet  Hackett 
Mary  C.  Gray 
Margaret  M.  Gray 
Mrs.  Jane  Lerch 
Mrs.   Elizabeth   Merrick 
Ellen  Butz 
Lsabella  Crosbie 
Mary  Crosbie 
Mrs.    Sarah    W.    Wagner 


8i 


Mrs.  Catherine  Randall 
Mrs.   Amanda   Loderick 
Charles  F.  Thurston 
John  I.  Burke 
Mrs.  Matilda  Burke 

1849 

William  Stewart 

Mrs.   Margaret   Stewart 

Mrs.   Mary  Wells 

Amelia   Hutchinson 

Mrs.   Rachel   Miller 

Mary  Holmes 

John   R.    McMullin 

Mrs.   McMullin 

Mrs.  Ruth  Hulick 

Anna   Maria    McNeill 

Matilda    McNeill 

Jane   Agnew 

Sophia   Heckman 

Sally  J.  McCoy 

Jane  Kennedy 

Martha  McMullin 

Ellen  Ferguson 

Mary    Ferguson 

Elizabeth  Stewart 

Charles  Stewart 

Joseph   Sykes 

Dr.  John   P.  B.  Sloan 

Samuel  Holmes 

Jane  Wilson 

Anna  Wilson 

Joseph  Beggs 

James  A.  Dunlap 

James  F.  Randolph 

Sarah  F.  Randolph 

Julia    F.    Randolph 

Mrs.  Nancy  Ferguson 

Harrison  W.  Crosby 

Mrs.   Charlotte  A.   Crosby 

Eliza  Craig 

Eliza  McQuestion 

Mary  Ann  McVelty 

Eliza  Larimer 

6 


xA-gnes   Boyde 

Isabelle   Boyde 

Mrs.  Lucy  H.  Chidsey 

Mrs.  Serena  B.  Thurston 

1850 

Isaac  N.  Carpenter 
Mrs.   L   N.   Carpenter 
Peter  F.  Eilenberger 
Marietta  C.  Eilenberger 
Mrs.   Leonora  Carroll 
Henry    A.    WoodhuU 
Sarah  Kennedy 
E.  Dean  Dow 
Susanna  L.  Dow 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Gaston 
Anna  Maria  Gaston 
Margaret    Peden 
Eliza    Duncan    Peden 
Mrs.  Maria  Davis 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Runyon 
Robert  Gardner 
John  McQuiston 
Mrs.  Mary  McQuiston 
Mary  Jane   McQuiston 
Isabella   McQuiston 
James  M.  Andrews 
Eliza  Davis 

1851 

Daniel  E.    Philips 
Caroline  S.  Philips 
John   Bennet 
John  Ried 
Sally  Maxwell 
Mrs.  Mary  Hughes 
Thomas  McKeen  Gray 
John    Bingham 
Mrs.   Simons 
Mrs.  C.  Heckman 
Francis   Long 
James   Demster 
Agnes  Demster 
Robert  Demster 
Christina  Demster 


82 


Mrs.  J.  H.  Coffin 
Mrs.  E.  B.  MclTean 
James  H.  Coffin 
M.  Hale  Jones 

1852 
Elizabeth   Boyde 
Mrs.  Matilda  Burrowes 
Mrs.  Emily  Johnson 
Susan  Sine 
Serinda  Snyder 
Elizabeth  Gilmore 
Mrs.  H.  Lunger 
James   W.   Long 
Caroline  Long 
Dr.  Charles  O.  Jennings 
Mrs.    Rachel    Jennings 
Joseph    P.    Chambers 
Mrs.  Lucy  Chambers 
Mrs.   Schooley 
Mrs.   i\Iary  Tindall 
IVIrs.  Agnes  Bingham 
Mrs.  Catherina  Carrell 
William  Beggs 
John  Micke 
William  Johnson 
Mrs.   Elizabeth  Johnson 
Archibald    X.    Seniple 
Alfred    Apple 
Thomas  S.  Francis 
James  M.  Salmon 
James  McQueston 
Mrs.    Elizabeth    McQueston 
Robert   McGhie 
Mrs.    Sophia    McGhie 
Agnes   McQueston 
E.  L  Young 
Mrs.   Mary  Cook- 
Amelia  Reeder 
Elizabeth  Campbell 
John   Williams 
Elizabeth   Williams 
James  Boyde 
Mary  Boyde 
Hannah  Depew 


John   Lander 
Mary  Lander 
Jane    Hamilton 
Samuel  Maxwell 
Edsall  Ferrier 
Elizabeth  Aurelia  Coffin 
Mrs.    Martha   Kessler 
Mrs.  Mary  Van  Arsdale 
Sarah   Sherrerd   Green 

1853 

Mary   Thompson 
Chapman  Warner 
Christina  Warner 
Benjamin  Warner 
James  Hackett 
Mrs.  Margaret  Evans 
Elizabeth    McMullin 
Jane  Peden 
Sophia  McGee 
William   McMullin 
Anna  McMullin 
Fannie  Jones 
Sophia    Gaston 
Sarah  Gaston 
Mrs.  Ann  Carrol 
Mrs.  Mary  Curry 
Joseph  Pettinger 
Catherine   Pettinger 
Christina  Carhart 
Leonora  Christie 
Cyrus  M.   Hineline 
Daniel   Smith 
William  K.  Woods 
Frances  T.  Woods 
Stewart  K.   Beers 
Catherine   P.   Beers 
Jane  A.   Carrel 
Susan  B.   Heller 
Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Morrison 

1854 

William  Craig 
Maria  Miller 
Ann  Wilson 


83 


Sarah  Boyde 

Richard  R.  Edwards 

Ann  Edwards 

Susan  E.  Hunt 

Robert   McKee 

Mary  McKee 

William  Young 

Jane  Young 

Mrs.    Mary   Gillian 

Mary  Gardiner 

Sarah  Ann  Watson 

Mrs.   Elizabeth  Lowrie 

Samuel  Boileau 

Eleanor  Boileau 

James  R.   Boileau 

Mary  Boileau 

Mary  Drake 

Eliza  Ann  Drake 

William  Paul 

Susan  Paul 
James   Miller 

Mr.    Thatcher 
Jane  Plotts 
Anna  R.  Godshalk 
Mary  Andrews 
Rachel  Boyde 
Laura  Davis 
Catherine  Drake 
Margaret  Ann  Holmes 
Rachel    Barnet 
John  Bell 
Charlotte  Bell 
Benjamin  F.  Riegel 
Mrs.  B.  F.  Riegel 
James  Johnson 
Mrs.  Charlotte  Emery 
Mrs.   Harriet  Ackerman 
Mrs.  Jacob  Heller 
Mrs.   Ann   Jane   Case 
Robert   McAlister 
Ellen  McAlister 
Christopher  Carley 
John   Boyde 
Nicholas  Olmstead 


Mrs.  Esther  P.  Olmstead 
Miss  Sarah  C.  Day 

1855 

Sarah  Young 

Mrs.   Margaret  Fry 

Mrs.  Eizabeth  Beaver 

Mrs.  Sarah  Green 

Mrs.  Jane  Pittinger 

Mrs.  Susan   Patterson 

J.   Ogden   Bell 

Matilda  Winter 

Joseph  Morrison 

Mrs.  Emma  Morrison 

James  McMaster 

Mrs.  James  McMaster 

Mrs.   Mary   Dempster 

Mrs.   Mary   Ann   Creveling 

Eliza  Murray 

Mary   Ann    Morrison 

Mary  Ann  Wilson 

Charles  Mclntire 

Mrs.  Eliza  Mclntire 

Mrs.  Louisa  Sinclair 

Ann   Pittenger 

Robert  T.  Lehman 

Jane  Wilson 

Eugene  H.  Wood 

Joseph    Hickson 

Daniel    Pittenger 

Mrs.  Pittenger 

Delinda  A.  Pittenger 

Margaret  Green 

Andrew  Cross  Trippe 

Mrs.  Amelia  Hazen 

David  Gillian 

Mrs.    Margaret   Allen 

Robert  Boyde 

William   A.   Howell 

Mrs.  William  A.  Howell 

Edwin  Sitgreaves 

Mrs.   Marietta  Hutter 

James    Laughlin 

Joseph    Ellen 


84 


1856 

Hester  Ayre 

Jane  Ross 

Jane  Young 

Mrs.  Margaret   Drake 

Mary  Thompson 

Mrs.  Julia  Arnold 

Mrs.  Catherine  Hoffman 

Jacob  Abe 

Charles    Hertz 

Mary  E.   Cottingham 

1857 

Sally  S.  Moon 
Mrs.  Sherer 
John   McM  aster 
Stafford   Darrach 
John   Strain 
Ellen   Tharp 
Mary    Miller 
Emma  Johnson 
Hannah   McKee 
Emma   W.    Porter 
Eliza   Hudson 
Mrs.  Harriet  Simpson 
Mrs.   Abby  Morgan 

1858 

Mrs.  Jane  Horner 

Anna  Horner 

Jane   W.   Horner 

Mrs.  Valeria  Able 

Mrs.  M.  M.  Schenck 

Emily  House! 

George  I.  Porter 

Mrs.   Margaret  B.  Field 

Anna  G.  Rambo 

Henry  Werle 

Mrs.   Charlotte  Werle 

W.  W.  Moon 

L.  D.  Gray 

Mrs.  Caroline  Gray 

Samuel  Apple 

George   C.    Pollock 

Mrs.  Ann  Boyd 


Mrs.  Margaret  Beers 
Mrs.  Margaret  Stiles 
McEvans    Forman 
Mrs.   Matilda  Ballantine 

1859 

Mrs.  Maria  Correll 

Mrs.   Ellen   Semple 

Mrs.  Kate  Seitz 

Mrs.  Irene  Drake 

Ellen    Hazen 

Mrs.    Catherine    Williamson 

Mrs.  Edward  Green 

Mrs.  Ann  Kessler 

Alice  Hazen 

Jennie    L.    Sitgreaves 

Mrs.    Eliza   Strain 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Dodd 

Mrs.   Martha  Dickson 

Mrs.   Sinclair 

Joseph  Bennett 

Elizabeth  F.  Randolph 

Margaret  Cook 

James  F.  Randolph 

Eliza  Young 

R.   B.   Youngman 

B.  C.  Youngman 

Emma  F.  Randolph 

Bell  F.  Randolph 

Mrs.   Catherine   Clark 

Elizabeth    Armstrong 

1860 

Anthony    Long 
Eliza   Ann   Long 
James  Barnard  Wilson 
Henry  B.  Howell 
Elizabeth    H.    Howell 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Cottingham 
Emma  Reeder 
Richard  S.  Bell 
Rebecca  Bell 
Susan  M.  Davis 
Ann  Depew 
Mattie  Wilson 


85 


Jennie  M.  Quin 
Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Keller 
Mrs.  Annetta  Howell 
Mrs.  Emma  E.  Stout 
Mrs.  Evan  Thomas 
James  McCallen 
John  McCallen 
E.  A.   Dewitt 
Mrs.   Dr.  Ludlow 

1861 

Emily  Depew 

Allen  Bell 

Mrs.  Elisha  Allis 

S.  Cottingham 

Harriet  A.  Davies 

Eliza  J.  Dubois 

Anna  Housel 

Margaret    McMaster 

Mary  Ann   Curry 

Henry  Semple 

Mary  Semple 

Washington    F.    Dewitt 

Mrs.  Eliza  Graham 

Henry  Weaver 

Mrs.  Marion  Weaver 

Anna  Apple 

Selena  Apple 

Anna  Bell 

Reuben  Hilliard 

Agnes  Hilliard 

1862 

William  Semple 

Almon  Ticknor 

Anna  Mansfield  Ticknor 

Chas.    A.    Voorhes,    M.D. 

Mrs.  King 

Anna  Ihrie 

Leonora  Noll 

Alice  Dewitt 

Semple 

Sarah  Semple 
Elizabeth  Hoff 
Belle    Quin 


William  N.  Patterson 
Mrs.  Susan  Patterson 
Rose  Moss 
Mrs.  John  Howell 
Catherine  Drake 
Jane  De   Mott 

1863 

W.   Norval   Applegate 
Mary   M.    Boswell 
Mary  L   Porter 
A.  S.  Deichman 
Mrs.  Jane  Coe 
Charles  Dudley 
Lizzie  M.  Burke 
Mrs.  Emma  Ross 
Mary  Strain 
Rebecca   Curry 
George  V.  Wallace 
Phoebe  Wallace 
Emma  Wrighter 
Minnie  Moon 
William  Boileau 
Mary  Campbell 

1864 

L.  S.  Ross 

SalHe  Drake 

Thomas  Reynolds 

Alfred  Coe 

Catherine  Dockman 

Mrs.  John  Snyder 

Catherine  Andrews 

Anna  Coe 

Harriet  Coe 

Joseph  Semple 

Mrs.   Margaret  E.  Eckard 

Jane  E.  Eckard 

Anna  M.   Eckard 

Leighton    W.    Eckard 

Mary  Hertz 

1865 

David  J.   Howell 
Christianna  Howell 


86 


Lewis  Case 
Jane  Case 
jNIargaret  Allen 

1866 

George  R.  Coe 
Mary  Coe 
Anna  M.  Carrel 
Emily  Hertz 
Anna  Louise  Green 
Susan  D.  Brown 
Mary  C.  Green 
Mary  Parker 
Anna   P.    Michler 
W.  S.  Hulick 
M.  L.  Boileau 

1867 
Mrs.  James  Ballantine,  Jr. 
Jane  Wilson 

1868 
Moses  Bush 
Maria  Bush 
Emma  E.  Bush 
]Mary  Agnes  Bush 
:\Irs.   B.   K.   Swift 
Mary  E.  Duncan 
i\Iary  Rundio 
Lizzie  H.  Jones 
George  A.  C.  Loder 
J.    C.    Bennett 
Fannie   Eilenberger 
Emma  Eilenberger 
Mary   Sherer 
Thomas  Atkinson 
Samuel  Allen 
John   M.   Wallace 
Nancy  Wallace 
Sidney  Godshalk 
Emma  Weaver 
Rose  \  oung 
W.  H.  Hulick 
W.  H.  Keller 
Xelson  D.  Hoyt 
J.  A.  Pauli 


Julia   Pauli 
May  A.  Pauli 
j\Irs.  Kate  Youngman 
Alice   G.   Deichman 
Ellen    Ballentine 
Anna  Dawes 
W.  H.  Mann 
J.  J.  Hardy 
Oscar  E.  Boyd 
Mary  E.  Boyd 
Sophia   Gray 
George  T.  Keller 
J.    D.    Stocksdale 
B.  F.  Boyde 
Harriet  E.   Hummer 
John  Stewart 
Elizabeth  Stewart 
Charles   Stewart 
Anna  C.  Stewart 
Mrs.  Mary  Wells 
Eliza    Barrington 
Mary  R.  Lesher 

1869 
Annie  E.  Shields 
Ed.  H.  Teel 
Robert    Shouse 
Maria  Shouse 
Mary   Shannon 
Eliza   Hartin 
Sallie   E.   Page 
Anna  Chievers 
Alice    H.    Cottingham 
P.  J.  Hulshizer 
J.   A.    ]\IcKnight 
Abraham   Garber 
Abraham    Sherer 
W.   \V.    Sherer 
Fred.   Moon 
Alice    Bloombergh 
A.  E.  Groover 
Howard  J.     Reader 
Helen  Reeder 
Joseph  Kiefer 
Mary  C.  Kiefer 


87 


Levi  H.  Mann 
Leonora   Mann 
Elisha  Allis 

1870 
John  Mutchler 
Henrietta  Stair 
Harriet    Porter 
Caroline   Steel 
Elizabeth    Able 
Adelia  Norwood 
Frances  A.  Hoff 
Helen    Dewitt 
Elizabeth    Clarke 
Henry  L.  Bunstein 
Eliza  Foster 
1871 
Anna    R.    Godshalk 
Aaron  S.  Swartz 
Catherine  E.  Kiefer 
Thomas  Atkinson 
Eleanora  B.  Jennings 

Sarah  M.  Miller 
Jane   G.   F.   Randolph 

Minnie  Rifemeath 

1872 
Mrs.    Ann    Gould 

Whitfield    H.     Lance 

Elizabeth   Ann   Lance 

Emma  Bishop  Leighton 

James   V.   Bull 

John  Lloyd 

Martha  A.   Lloyd 
1873 

George  G.  Rambo 

W.  G.  Ballantyne 

Susan   Steckel 

Sydney  Godshalk 

Tillie  C.  Hammann 

Anna  F.   Rockafellow 

Mrs.  Annie  Allen  Hunt 

Mrs.    Catherine    Folkenson 

John    A.    Weaver 

William    S.    Semple 


Annie  Allen 
Emma  F.   Kinsey 
Sally  A.  Ott 
Mary  E.  Welch 
Susan  A.  Welch 
William  Welch 
Henry  E.   Brown 
Helen   M.   Brown 
Kate  S.  King 

1874 

William   R.   Jones 
Mrs.  Jane  Hess 
John  Hess 
Hester   Fine 
Martha  Fine 
Anna  Hess 
Laura  S.   Bennett 
Russel  C.  Stewart 
Mrs.  Matilda  Burke 
William   K.   Renshaw 
Allen  Carpenter 
Anna  J.   Carpenter 
William  H.  Maxwell 
Anna  Voorhies 
Laura  K.  Bird 
D.  A.  Tinsman 
Emma  F.  Tinsman 
Sophia    Paul 
Susan   Worman 

1875 

Fannie  White 
Mrs.    Hattie    Hildebrand 
Mary  J.    Hudson 
Lizzie    Keller 
Edwin  A.  Webb 
Eliza  Bell 
Jacob   ^lann 
Emma  E.   Alann 
iMargaret  B.   Field 
Sarah    O.    Lanterman 
Theodore  Kindt 
Anna  S.  Wells 
Evie  Green 


88 


Aggie  Weaver     ^ 
Alice  O.  Yard 
Mrs.  Kate  E.  Sherer 
James  Hunter 
Mary  C.  Miller 
Annie  Weaver 
Laura  S.  Cottingham 
Hannah    E.    Godshalk 

1876 
Joseph    Morrison 
Mary  Rambo 
Sarah  J.   Young 
Thomas    Hardcastle 
Elizabeth   Hardcastle 
John  James 
Elizabeth  B.  Sickle 
Mary    E.    Hulshizer 
Mary  F.   Titus 
Clifton    Mayfield 
Mary    McNeal 
J.  M.  Junkin 
Julia  J.  Junkin 
Stewart  K.  Beers 
Catherine  P.  Beers 
Ada  Beers 
Robert  Beers 
S.  L.  Fisler 
Mary  Fisler 
Mrs.   Sarah   Pollock 
Helen    H.    Pollock 
Jesse  H.   Pollock 
William   Stewart 
Mrs.  Helen  Stewart 
Charles  Mclntire 
Mrs.    Eliza    Mclntire 
Charles   Mclntire,   Jr. 
T.    McK.   Andrews 
Mary  B.  H.  Andrews 
Joseph  W.  Johnston 
Jennie  T.   Johnson 
Traill  Green 
Harriet  Green 
Fannie  Green 
Ella  Green 


Theodore   Mixsell 
Isabel    Mixsell 
Christa    C.    Pike 
Mrs.   Annie   E.    Young 
William  Ferguson 
Matthew  Orr 
Susanna   Orr 
J.    L.    Middaugh 
Amiie  M.   Ferrier 
Mary  E.    McCartney 
Joseph   Watt,   Jr. 
Lena   Peters 
Catherine   S.   Hertz 
Edwin  James 
Mary  James 
Jane  Hannah 
1877 
John   W.   Hartung 
Emma  I.   Bigelow 
John   Stewart,  Jr. 
Belle  R.  Titus 
Sarah   S.  Jefferson 

W.  O.  Semple 

Elizabeth  I.   Bebler 

Annie   Stout 

Laura    Steckle 

Abram    S.    Hulshizer 

Eva  Hulshizer 

Jarvis  Wauser 

Albert  J.  Wauser 

F.  A.  Wauser 

Anna    Hughes 

Sarah  A.   Peters 

Carrie  L    Pauli 

E.   M.   Green 

E.  S.  Wells 

Margaret  L  Frace 

Lousia   Cramer 

Maggie   A.    McNeal 

William  P.  Anderson 

Lydia  D.  Maxwell 

Elizabeth    Wauser 

Isaac  Jefferson 

Oliver  Dewitt 


89 


Josephine   Dewitt 
William  R.   Francisco 
Josephine  Francisco 
William  N.   Scott 
Amelia   Scott 
A.  Reeder  Muller 
Julia   B.   Semple 
Catherine    S.    Hess 
Julia  T.  Correll 
Sarah  E.  Gould 
Mary  J.   Gould 
Jane  J.  Vanatta 
Louisa   Vanatta 
Emma   C.    Keim 
Ellen  Ruth  Harris 
Mary  Emily  Howell 
Elizabeth    Ketchledge 
Mary    W.    Keller 
Rose   Seitz 
Frank  W.  Stewart 
Lilly   B.    Stewart 
George  Johnson 
Kate   Maxwell 
Hodi  Take  Yegawa 
Rose  Mary  Keller 
Mary  J.   Harris 
George  C.  Bebler 
Matilda  Bebler 
Hugh   H.    Abernethy 
Robert   H.   Abernethy 
Louisa  N.  Abernethy 
Anna  Abernethy 
Magdalina   Angel 
Emily    Seitz 
Kate   W.    Steckle 
Mary  K.    Dudley 
Fannie    R.    Gray 
John  R.  Bennett 
Mary  E.   Bennett 
Helen   McCartney 

1878 
William  G.  Dinsmore 
Anna  M.  Moser 
Sarah  McKee 


Frank    Maxwell 
Alice  Ball 
Sarah    Pollock 
Anna  A.  Nicholas 
Mary  Ehler 
Anna  Clark 
Elizabeth  Bell 
Mary  A.   Bull 

Julia  Hazard 
Marietta  T.  Smith 
Agnes   Gillian 
Sophia   Brandt 
L.   H.  Rockafellow 
C.  F.  Chidsey 

Kate  A.  Chidsey 
James    H.    Buell 
Esther    Buell 
Mary  E.   Buell 
J.   Frank   Wilson 
Ellen    M.    Snyder 
Mary   Fulmer 
Charles  Brandt 
Emma   Spence 
Anna    Strain 
Mary  McKee 
Mary  L.   Rockafellow 
Lizzie    Ehler 

1879 

William  Ehler 
Elizabeth  Ferguson 
William    Snyder 
William  Emory 
Edwin  L.  Kennedy 
Mary  M.  Hoagland 
Leonora  Carrol 
Ann  B.  Opdyke 
Minnie  A.  Connelly 
Carrie  E.  Bruch 
Eliza    McQueston 
Gamble   Young 
Mary   C.   Young 
Eva  F.    Peters 
Edward    Brandt 
William   Young 


90 


Annie  E.  Moser 
Emily  J.  Moser 
Isaac   Moser 
Harry  S.  Weaver 
George  M.  Bebler 
Rebecca  H.  Yohe 
Elizabeth  P.   Porter 
Anna  Gaston 
Mrs.   Caroline  Davis 
Isabella  Davis 
Mary    Heckman 
Sophia    Heckman 
John    Kutter 
Sarah    Shellenberger 
Mary   Kennedy 
Sarah    Carter 

1880 

Elizabeth  R.   Hall 
Eunice   M.    Hall 
William  Hall 
O.  F.  A.  Fritchie 
James  P.  Johnson 
Mary   C.    Johnson 
Amelia  P.  Semple 
Anna   M.   Semple 
Kate   M.    Semple 
Hannah   M.  Semple 
Anna   Bennett 
J.  W.  Nute 
C.    S.   Melvin 
William    McKee 
Lily   Fritchie 
L.    H.   Rockafellow 
Lydia  Stinson 
Rachel   S.    Stackhouse 
^lartha   Smith 
Mary   R.    Able 
Annie    M.    Hazard 
Thankful    Holcomb 
Camilla   Shick 
Samuel    Barnet 
Mary    A.    Barnet 
Mary  A.  White 


F.  S.  Stem 
Edward    Burkhard 
Elizabeth  Burkhard 
Josephine  Burkhard 
John  B.  Kolb 
William  A.  Edwards 
Sally    A.    Hoagland 
Abigail  Hoagland 
Lizzie  A.  Banner 
S.    G.    Hutchinson 
Mary  A.   Mann 

1881 
Jesse  R.   Lerch 
Julius   T.   Corbin 

A.  R.  Weller 
Thisbe    B.    Weller 
S.  Francis  Weller 
George  M.  Weller 
William  W.   Weller 
Cora  Dudley 
Annie  E.  Keim 
Vestella  L.  Weaver 
Sallie  F.  Barton 
Elizabeth  A.   Scott 
Elizabeth   C.    Maxwell 
Frank   E.    Welch 
Louis    E.    Spangenberg 
Mary    Ellen    Moser 
Jane  W.  Moser 
Catherine   Ellet 
Depue   S.   M.  Ellet 
Isabella    C.    Bunting 
Tillie  Hess 
Elizabeth    Rainey 
Emma  Dillon 
George    Mershon 
Henrietta    Mershon 

B.  F.   Siegert 
Margaret  Taylor 
Titus   A.    Steiner 
Elizabeth    A.    Atwood 
Thomas   B.   Renn 
Mary   E.    Renn 

Alice   A.   V.    Bloombergh 


91 


1882 

jNIartha  Galloway 
William  A.  Gather 
George  D.  Hoagland 
John  E.  Shull 
Edwin    H.    Stewart 
S.    Y.    Heller 
Lizzie   Hoagland 
William    Hawk 
George  Sciple 
Carrie   Sciple 
Kate    A.    Nennig 
N.    A.    Johnson 
Augusta   Johnson 
George    Johnson 
Annie  R.   Rambo 
Irvin  J.  Unangst 
J\lary  Bell 
:Mary  C.   Meixell 
Margaret    Mixsell 
Eldridge  Robbins 
Annie  Robbins 
Annie   M.   Hunt 

1883 

Abby  Ida  Berlin 
A.  Arthur  Ackerman 
Mary  E.   Ackerman 
Samuel  V.   Able 
Emma  F.   Kolb 
Eliza   Nute 
Charles   D.   Robinson 
William    Kellogg 
Ida  Hoff 
Carrie  A.  Nennig 
Lizzie    Bowman 
Emily  F.   Hollinshead 
George    H.    Nute 
]\Iinnie  G.  Osterstock 
Barbara    Memmert 
Alargaret   Kellogg 
Arnae    Sherer 
Cornelia  Middagh 
Arabella  Middagh 


Nellie   Wyckoff 
Margaret  Clark 
Valeria  Abel 
Martha  J.   Armstrong 
Mary  A.   Kutz 
Anna  E.   Hart 
Sophia   Osterstock 
Thomas   Stewart 
Miranda   Conklin 
Francis   W.   Lesher 
Elizabeth   Lehman 
Charles   K.  Williams 
William  Heskett,  Sr. 
Sarah    A.    Titus 
William  I.  Gaston 
Adaline    Gaston 
Calvin  J.  Dull 
Emma   Dull 
Abram  Shellenberger 
Henrietta    S.    Abel 
Robert   Davies 

1884 

Mary   Johnson 
Mary    Butler 
Mary  E.   Atkinson 
Luke   B.    Hapgood 
Ellen    S.   Hapgood 
Alice    Gulick 
Mary   Jane    McEntee 
S.    Amanda    Gulick 
Robert  J.  Clark 
Lottie  Young 
Samuel  Barnet 
Mary  A.   Barnet 
Maggie    Barnet 
Robert  Barnet 
Elizabeth    Bowers 
Elizabeth  Paris 
Ella    M.    Connelly 
John    McEntee 
Howard   Green 
Emma  Green 
Frederick   Oliver 


92 


Henry  Carter    , 

Ira   Mowery 

Clara  B.  Mowery 

Elizabeth   S.   Rulon 

Caroline   Bogert 

Carrie  H.   Sciple 

Mary   E.    Young 

Elizabeth   Wyckoff 

William    N.   Rockafellow 

Eliza    J.    Orr 

Leonora    Carroll 

Mary    Heckman 

Sophia    Heckman 

Susan  M.   Baldwin 

Josephine   W.    Marx 

Mrs.    Sarah   A.    Spayde 

Sarah    A.    Davis 

Mrs.  Aletta  Beats 

Caroline    Deats 

Aletta  Deats 
1885 

Levi   Bennett   Carpenter 

M.    Lizzie   Kiefer 

Jennie   R.    Sassaman 

J.  Morris  Kiefer 

Ella  M.  Litzinger 

Amanda   M.   Resh 

Amelia   Brandt 

Dixon   Lewers 

Mrs.   Margaret  Lewers 

Anna    Lewers 

John   G.    Semple 
Rachel    M.    Semple 
Jasper   H.    Beeman 
Sarah    E.    Resh 
Ann    C.    Reiley 
Emma   B.   Jenks 
Bessie  Jenks 
Anna   M.   Manning 
Frederick   Yeomans 
Mary  C.  McDonald 
Mary    M.    Dalton 
Annie  E.   Kugler 
George   P.   Adamson 


William  F.  Kennedy 
John   H.    Fair 
Samuel  K.   Green 
George    W.    Geiser 
Harry    C.    Luck 
Frank  E.  Welch 
Sarah   Frances   Luck 

1886 

Lillian  B.  Hulsizer 
Clara   B.    Nennig 
Izora  Y.   White 
David*   White 
Russell  W.   Chidsey 
Clark   Hartung 
Susie  C.  Hartung 
Milton  C.  Bull 
Rebecca    Bull 
Elizabeth  Weller 
Osiris  D.  McConnell 
William  E.  Howell 
Arthur  A.  Moon 
Jacob  Abel 
Helen   H.   Abel 
William  G.  Moser 
Mary  Moser 
A.  Isabella  Rockafellow 
John  W.  Hamlin 
Emma    Hamlin 
Matilda    Larimer 
Sallie    Larimer 
Nari   Kawn 
Alice  F.  Hapgood 
William  H.  Creveling 
Catherine  Creveling 
Ellen    M.    Stewart 
Lizzie   Larimer 
Josiah   Rice 
Rose  Rice 

James  WaUer  Phillips 
Mattie    M.    Stewart 

1887 

Jennie  Craig 
J.    M.   Junkin 


93 


Julia   J.    Junkin 
Kate    Hamilton 
Anna    B.    Hamilton 
Mrs.  S.  H.  Deck 
Ella    May    Yeomans 
Laura  M.  Hildebrand 
Ida  M.  Williams 
Robert    Graham 
John   McNeal,  Jr 
Minnie    Galloway 
Margaret    Carlile 
Suella    Wallace 
Sadie   C.   Bennett 
Annie   M.   Lee 
Clark    Caskey 
Mary  Caskey 
Samuel   Caskey 
Lizzie  Jane   Caskey 
Mame    Caskey 
Robbins   Flemming 
Josephine    Flemming 

1888 
Annie    Andrews 
Emily    Chidsey 
Kate    Chidsey 
Etta  Orr 

Marjorie  Andrews 
J.    Floyd   Andrews 
Harry  Fisler 
Gray    Hardy 
Belle    Beck 
Daniel    Drake 
Amy    Stair 
Harry  Hamlin 
Edwin  Bloombergh 
Mrs.   G.    P.   Adamson 
W.    Gertrude    Hamilton 
Mrs.  Josephine  Young 
Etta    Nyce 
Adelaide    Stewart 
Grace   Scott 

Augustus    O.    Bloombergh 
J.  N.  Hoff 
Charles   S.   Howell 


Robert    A.    Hamilton 

Mattie    Cooley 

Anna   Semple 

Helen    Stewart 

Frank    S.    Nute 

George   D.    Hapgood 

Henry  B.  Semple,  Jr 

Jennie    Depue 

Nellie    Semple 

Mary  Hazzard 

Sarah  Hazzard 

Julia  Hazzard 

J.  J.   Hardy 

Mary    Hardy 

Caroline  M.   Howard 

Belle  Heckman  Myers 

Endora    Keller 

Marie    Lawall 

Sarah  Jean   Dawes 

Annie  M.  Mann 

Hattie  Mann 

Mrs.  H.  A.  Roehner 

Frederick   Seitz 

A.   J.    Lockard 

C.  Howard  Grube 

Woodbridge   O.   Johnson 

Mary    Hunt 

1889 

C.  R.    Adam 
William   C.   Nicholas 
Ida   Nicholas 
Lizzie    Loder 

D.  Do  You 
Stewart   Croasdale 
Margaret   Fulton 
Marion    Marx 
Luella  M.  Deats 
Lizzie    May   Ellet 
Mary  J.   H.   Field 
Arthur  F.  Nesbet 

1890 

George  G.  Gable 
Ellen    S.    Gable 


94 


Mrs.    William    Felver 
Lewis   Segreaves 
Mrs.   Sarah   Segreaves 
Christina   Simonton 
Geneva   Simonton 
Harry  C.   Snyder 
Mrs.    Minnie    Rader 
Mary  Ann   Barnes 
Martha  Moser 
Mabel    Siegert    Moser 
Lillie  May  Fulmer 
Henrietta  Green 

1891 
Fannie    Stewart 
Edith    A.     White 
Mary   Orr    Haines 
Frank   D.    Speer 
B.   LaRue   Lanterman 
Harry  F.    Howell 
E.    F.    Reimer 
Mrs.    C.    D.    Speer 
Mrs.    Julia    Little 
Miss    Frances   Jessup 
Luther  Davis 
Henry  Laux 
Mary  Laux 
Frank  A.   Hazzard 
Adda    Cline 
Mrs.   Eva  Cline 
Edward  A.   Loux 
Emma  E.  Stout 
Mrs.  Sarah  Pollock 
Mrs.  Mary  B.  Knight 
Mary  E.  Hulsizer 
Mathias   B.   Hulsizer 
Sarah   A.    Pierson 
Eleanor  K.   Andrews 
Ethel    Youngman 
Emily  Moon 
Jennie  B.  Cottingham 
Maud   Stocker 
Mrs.   Lizzie  H.  McPherson 
J.   Wesley   Scott 
Marv   B.    Scott 


Mrs.  Edna  B.  Hess 

Mrs.  Sara  A.  Buss 

Mrs.    James    Ballentyne,    Jr. 

George    A.    Ballantyne 

Emily   Ruth 

Julia   L.    Johnson 

Ruth  I.  Johnson 

Mrs.  Florence  Ann  Graham 

Margaret    M.    Weidman 

Leona    E.    Weidman 

Catherine    A.    Thompson 

Hattie  D.   Thompson 

Mrs.  Rosetta  j\L  Uhler 

Mrs.  Caroline  M.  Smith 

James    Thompson 

Annie  Thompson 

Fannie    Reimer 

John   I\L   Hathaway 

Mrs.   Mary  A.   F.  Johnson 

Mrs.   Susan   Paxton 

Thomas    Russell 

Mrs.   Thomas  Russell 

Anna    Russell 

Mrs.   Louise   Love  Ricker 

Charles  F.   Chidsey,  Jr 

Evelyn    Mattie   Gould 

Mrs.    Elizabeth    Werkheiser 

F.    H.    Stair 

Mrs.   Mary  Abel 

Mrs.    Mary    Alice    Pursell 

Mrs.    Anna   Thume 

Nellie  Irene  Thume 

Viola   Thume 

W.    E.    Rooker 

C.   E.   Fenstermacher 

Nana  Fulmer  Hayden 

Mrs.   Matilda  Loder 

Frances  Sophie  Resh 

Henry    Ballentine 

Mary  Josephine  Balliet 

E.   R.    Mack 

Lydia    A.    Harris 

Mrs.  Anna   Souders 

E.    Stanley    Bixler 


95 


John  C.  Ellet 

Mrs.   Christian  Resh 

H.  G.  Tombler,  Jr 

Mrs.    Nettie   C.   Thompson 

May    Thompson 

Lewis    Ross 

Clara   Ross 

Frederick  A.    Sherer 

John    E.    Mann 

Daisy    B.    Mann 

Emma   T.    Field 

Ray  W.  Hildebrand 

Elmer  V.    Santee 

Mrs.  Emma  M.  Stair 

W.   W.    Cottingham,   Jr. 

Florence    Hildebrand 

Howard   S.  Kinney 

Rebecca  Galloway 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Moser 

Mrs.  Margaret  F.  Orr 

Miss  Margaret  Orr 

Katherine    Orr 

Daniel   B.   Milroy 

Mary    Milroy 

Lovene    Miller 

Cora    S.    Miller 

Frank  D.  Lantz 

John    Lantz 

Carl   G.   Lidbeck 

Mrs.   Louise   Reimer 

William    Steckel 

1892 
Douglass  E.  Bixler 
Lewis   Clyde   Bixler 
Caroline   Hackett 
Lela   H.   Felver 
Mary  Helen  Orr 
William    Hughes 
Annie   Louise   Rosser 
Sarah    J.    Baker 
Anna    Baker 
Emma    Hughes 
Mary  J.   Litzinger 
Mrs.  Hannah  E.  Weidman 


Paul   W.    Miller 

Gertrude   N.    Thompson 

Edith  Yohe 

Mrs.  Emma  G.  Snyder 

Mrs.    Margaret   A.    Walter 

Albert  O.  Hay 

F.  B.  Huston 

John   Price 

John   M.   Stewart 

Mrs.   M.  G.   Williams 

Ida  Price 

Flora   M.    Hofif 

Mrs.  Elmira  Kelly 

Minnie    E.    Armstrong 

Mrs.  Lizzie  Patterson 

Edith   Fay  Renn 

Mary   Florence    Mershon 

Mrs.   Carrie  B.   Santee 

Charles  J.   Ball 

Jennie    Ball 

Hattie    May    Buss 

Horace    L    Bloombergh 

J.    Burton    Felver 

Nathan   Osterstock 

Mrs.    Annie    F.    Oyer 

Nathan   Thomas 

Mrs.  Kate  M.  Christman 

Jennie  C.  Fulmer 

Sarah   A.   Werkheiser 

Elizabeth    Boston 

Elizabeth    B.    Holcomb 

Philip    F.    Stier,    Jr 

Claud    A.    Brands 

William    Rice 

Mrs.  Annie  Osterstock 

Andrew  J.  Berry 

Samuel    P.    Brown 

Bessie    Jenks    Brown 

Sarah   K.   Bleckly 

Fannie    H.    Kutter 

Laura    Bell    Kutter 

Emma  Hoff 

Mrs.    Irene    Sigman 

Annie  A.  Ernst 


96 


Mrs.    x\my    Welch 
Mrs.  Alice  C.   Mutchler 
Harrison   R.    Fehr 
Ackshaw   Fehr 
Kate   M.   Hoff 
Ellen    M.    Buss 
Bessie  C.  Davis 
Grace   D.    Reimer 
Charles   Davis 
Lizzie    Davis 
Charles  Day  Davis 
John   R.    Heil 
Henry    T.    Cowell 
Mrs.  Kate  P.  Cowell 

1893 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  W.  Halter 
John   D.    Pierson 
Blanche   L.  Weidman 
Arthur    A.    Moon 
J.    Mackey    Stocker 
Catherine  A.  Trauger 
Leah    Rohn 
Elizabeth   May   Smith 
Kate  Raener 
Carrie  Bruce 
William    D.    Luckenbach 
Mrs.   Josephine   Tinsman 
Jennie    Tinsman 
Stewart    M.    Hohl 
Mrs.   Elizabeth   Sigman 
Belle   Semple 
Lizzie   S.   Hohl 
Mrs.  A.  F.  Miller 
Lulu    May   Pursell 
Mrs.    Margaret    Pollock 
Mary    Pollock 
Emily    Pollock 
Mrs.    Susan    Hulshizer 
Jennie   B.    Hulshizer 
Mrs.    Sarah    Depew 
Edwin  M.   Downing 
Catherine   Downing 
Rose    Mary    Miller 
Mrs.  Grace  E.  Elder 


1894 

Helen    F.    Miller 

Linda   Miller 

Edith   Irene  Weidman 

Mark   Danby 

Emily  L.  Weaver 

Maud    Miller 

Mrs.  Carrie  Arndt  Chidsey 

Elizabeth  Knight 

Ida   R.    Luther 

Albert   L.    Miller 

C.  Morton  Sciple 

Frank   C.    Williams 

Mrs.    Susan    Bush 

Fannie  C.  Rockafellow 

Mrs.   Mattie  C.  Williams 

O.    F.    Q.    Fritchie 

Mrs.   Anna   H.   Rockafellow 

Mrs.  George  Smith 

Alice  J.   Kelly 

Wood  C.  Wallace 

Charles    J.    Brown 

Anna    W.    Brown 

Margaret    B.    Bull 

Lizzie  Edna  Hess 

Claud  Gilbert  Reimer 

Elizabeth    May    Hester 

Henry   W.    Leggett 

Sarah    Leggett 

Charles    B.    Fry 

Samuel  T.  Clifton 

Carrie  R.  Nicholas 

Mrs.   Mary  Rute 

Ralph  Reed 

Sarah    Reed 

Peter  J.    Ott 

Emma  J.  Ott 

Hattie  M.   Ott 

Margaret   A.    Holt 

John  L.  Radcliff 

Thomas   B.   Shannon 

Charlotte    Bennett 

Nellie   May  Shupe 

Mrs.    Annie   E.    Kellogg 


97 


Minnie    Roberts 

Einora    Stocker 

Linda    M.    Parlman 

James   G.   Krieder 

Sarah   Elizabeth   Krieder 

Ida   AI.   Garber 

Elmer    R.    Armstrong 

Sadie   B.   Armstrong 

Annie   M.   Worman 

E.    C.    Lavers 

Ellen    E.    Hartung 

W.    H.    Dudley 

Lillian   T.    Dudley 

Daisy  Coss 

Lucy  Ann    Beam 

Matilda    C.    Bennett 

May  G.   Campbell 

Thomas   Keller 

Mary    Keller 

Robert   H.    Kay 

William    Galloway 

Alary  Elizabeth   Lee 

1895 
Jeanette  Laughlin 
Richard    Arthur 
Margaret    Gregg    Arthur 
Kate    Kirchoff 
Harry  H.  Yeager 
Lulu  Stevens 
Edward   L.    Osterstock 
Lucy  Ann  Reed 
Alary   Elizabeth    Lee 
Alary   Alice    Callahan 
Rosetta   R.    Bryan 
Alaud    L    Pursell 
Rosa   Slack 
Xettie   Edna    Stocker 
Annie   T.    Keefe 
Alary  Alice  Rohn 
Howard   Clarence    Semple 
Alary    Ellen    Semple 
A.  Josephine  Patterson 
Eleanor    W.    Patterson 
Oliver  F.   Hilpot 


Hannah  E.  Hilpot 
George  W.  Reed 
Jennie   Wiley 
John  A.  Lutz 
Alary   E.    Lutz 
Lizzie   Alixsell 
Alary  B.   Innes 
Minnie  W.   Campbell 
Samuel   S.   Yohe 
Frank  John  Bell 
Claudia    Bleckley 
Pearl  A.   K.   Matthews 
John    Radclifife 
Elizabeth  AL  Keifer 
George   AL   Coss 
Airs.  Alartha  S.  Nicholas 
Ida   Unangst 
Airs.  Eve  Francisco 
Walter    Hammann 
Alary   Hammann 
John    C.    Pohl 
Ida    Pohl 
Elizabeth  S.   Pohl 
Ida  Alay  Pohl 
John  C.   Pohl,  Jr 
Laura   Bowers   La   Barre 
Alargaret   E.    Lavers 
Emma  Gertrude  Lavers 
Lida    A.    Lavers 
Earl  R.   Lavers 
Flora  Alay  AlcCarthy 
Kate   Frances  Beam 
Francis   B.    Luce 
Alary  Catherine  Luce 
Dr.   Levi   S.  Zeiner 
Catherine    Zeiner 
Levi    Weiss    Balliet 
Sadie   Grey   Titus 
Jennie  Grace  Stocker 
Leila    AI.    Zeiner 
John    P.   Weaver 
Oscar   F.    Stecker 
James   S.   Downs 
Lillie    F.    Downs 


98 


Bertha   B.   Downs 
Dr.  Egbert  D^  Doolittle 
Kate  R.   Doolittle 
Mrs.   Jasper   Wandle 
Maggie  McNeal 
Chester    Graham 
Arabella  Hackett 
Charles  R.   Hofif 
Hannah   M.    Wagner 
Clara   E.    Sinclair 
Josephine    Hunt    Mount 
Sarah    A.    Crick 
Sallie    May    Pope 
J.    Edward    Able 
Robert   H.   Abernethy 
Mary    Fisler   Abernethy 
Mary   M.    Abernethy 
Elizabeth   R.   Abernethy 
lyUcy  Jackson    Pope 
Henrietta    Brakeley 
Nettie    Brakeley 

1896 
C.  E.   Vogel 
Henry  V.    Smith 
Abbie  C.   Smith 
Julia  Merry  Bixler 
Floyd    S.    Bixler 
Fannie  May  Eckert 
Walter  W.    Leyrer 
Emma   Leyrer 
Alice    Zehner 
Amanda   Corwin 
Lilly  Corwin 
George  F.   Corwin 
John  C.  Miller 
Alice    May   Hunt 
Esther  D.   Bixler 
W.  H.  Kuhn 
Aronetta   Kuhn 
Eliza   Bercaw 
Frank  R.    Deichman 
Elizabeth    Thompson 
Minnie    O.    Minnich 
Margery  A.   Campbell 


Carlotta  S.   Styres 
Mrs.    Annie    Wolverton 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Smith 
Mrs.  Mary  V.  D.  Porter 
Walter    B.    Hulsizer 
James   M.    Porter 
James  F.  Kuhn 
Jennie    Arthur 
Mrs.  Annie  A.  Spear 
R.    Dewitt    Hawk 
Mary   Elizabeth   Hawk 
Mrs.    Clara    Schlessman 

1897 
Edward   Weaver 
Ella  Weaver 
Mrs.    Kate   Lee 
Clarence  B.  Lee 
Mrs.  Carrie  D.  Schilling 
Thomas    W.    Wiley 
Harry  Wilson 
Ellen   M.    Wilson 
Laura  M.   Pittenger 
Samuel    Barnet 
Ethel   Nixon 
Mrs.  Agnes  Hill 
Agnes   E.    Draffin 
John  C.  Dittler 
Laura    B.    McKenney 
Mrs.  Mary  Otto 
Fred.   E.   Geiser 
Mrs.    Anna   E.    McCarty 
Rita   Weaver 
Mrs.    Gertrude    K.    Vail 
Mrs.   Catherine  Vail 
Lizzie  Gollubsky 
Lsaac    N.    Voorhies 
Emma   A.    H.   Voorhies 
Mrs.   Eva  Wagner  Hull 
Natalie    B.    Todd 
Margaret  A.   Hazzard 
Martha    W.    Hazzard 
Gertrude    Hazzard 
Victoria   C.    Hackman 
Nellie    Smith 


99 


Abraham    K.    Gellock 
John   D.    Clark 
Mrs.  Florence  M.  Davis 
Charles    I.    Shick 
Mary  E.  Shick 
Sallie  R.  M.  Howell 
Sue   Hunt   Howell 
George  M.  Weaver 
Mary   B.    Weaver 
Rose  Moss 
Susanna    Arnold 
Dr.  J.  E.  Fretz 
Harry  I.  Woods 
Jennie  M.  Woods 
Osiris  D.  McConnel 
Miles    G.    Demorest 
Celia   M.    Demorest 
Thisbe   B.    Smith 

1898 
Mrs.   J.   M.   Kiefer 
Mary    McCloughan 
Mrs.    Amelia   Rockafellow 
Kate  M.  Bitters 
Mrs.  Victoria  L.   Hackman 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Titus 
Annie    Ricker 
James   L.   Hill 
Donald  McLean 
Isabel    Dachrodt 
Jennie   O.   Engler 
Mrs.  Ellen  Haupt 
Gertrude    Seip 
Ada  Seip 

Sallie   Emma   Leyrer 
Amelia  M.  Leyrer 
Frank   E.   Miller  Nicholas 
Frank.    E.    Christman 
Robert   E.    Corby 
Harry  L.   Bitters 
John    L    Madden 
Hagop  Markarian 
Mrs.    Elizabeth    Ashton 
Florence  C.   Bush 
Laura  J.  Harris 


Edward   C.   Lavers 

Ida    R.    Luther 

Matilda   Wick 

Minnie  C.  Harris 

Victoria  H.  Wick 

Elizabeth   S.   Heil 

Mrs.  Minerva  S.  Howell 

Mrs.  Delia  M.  Tomer 

Emily  C.   Cressman 

Edna  I.   Keller 

Roy  C.   Kutzler 

Lizzie  Martin 

Joseph    Howell 

Mrs.    Mary    I.    Belcher 

Mrs  Jennie   C.   Mcx'\llister 

Wilfred    H.    Yeomans 

Minnie   Yeomans 

Mrs.  Annie  C.   Snyder 

Mrs.  Ida  Berkey 

Mrs..  Mary  B.  Green 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Kocher 

Bessie   C.    Creveling 

John   Semple 

Edwin  Young 

Daniel  Hayden 

Sheldon    Bush 

Mrs.   Sheldon    Bush 

Mrs.  Minnie  D.   Deal 

Mrs.   Bertha  Kachline 

1899 
Mrs.   Margaret  Zink 
Kate  Zink 
Howard   Sharp 
Laura    H.    Sharp 
Emma  Gertrude  Lavers 
E.    H.    Chidsey 
Jennie    Chidsey 
Mrs.  Anna  C.   Dewitt 
Sarah    Pollock 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Rockafeller 
Helen  George   Lee 
Edith   M.  Heller 
Beulah  M.  Heller 
Ella  K.  Kamho 


lOO 


Sue  M.  Rambo 
John  R.  Hess 
Cassimir    G.    Pollock 
Bertha  Kachline 
Anna  Susan  Reed 
Sara  J.  McGinley 
Lewis    Souders 
Russell  Souders 
John  J.   Hunt,  Jr. 
Norma    E.    Hazzard 
Sarah   F.    Andrews 
Florence   G.   Miller 
Whitfield    Barber 
Mary  H.  Bachman 
Katherine    Bachman 
Frances  J.  Wamsley 
Lola  B.  Imlay 
Sadie  May  Zulauf 
Augustus    T.    Walter 
William   H.   Rute 
Edith    E.    Engle 
Mrs  Elizabeth  Lincoln 
Mrs.  L.  C.  Davison 
Thomas  Harling 
Ellen  Harling 
William  J.   Harling 
Henry    T.    Harling 
Edward    B.    Harling 
Mrs.  Carrie  S.  Andrews 
Miller   Raymond    Wile 
Donald    Budd    Armstrong 
Elsie   M.   Cressman 
Mrs.    Caroline    Bechmann 
Robert   E.    Shaeffer 
Mrs.  Alice  B.  Hess 
Ida   G.    Zulauf 
Mrs.    Mary  A.   Cooper 
Ada  Smith 

Mrs.  Lillie  E.  Christman 
Mary   Zoe    White 
Florence    Cooper 
Florence   May  Wetmore 
Edward    R.    Lumsden 
Mrs.   Lina   M.    Lumsden 


W.  J.  Cromie 

Mrs.   Gertrude  Cromie 

1900 
Edith  May  Evans 
John    Martin    White 
Mrs.    Lillian    White 
Nettie   Kutzler 
Anna  K.   Stewart 
Edna  Gray  Titus 
Mrs.    Carrie   P.    Evans 
D.  HaTlack  Day 
Mrs.  Mary  S.  Day 
Nellie    L    Day 
John   H.  Wilson 
Wm.   W.   Williams 
Angeline    Wampole 
Josephine    Wampole 
Carrie    De    Hart 
Laura   De  Hart 
Henry  L.  Randolph 
Elsie  A.   Randolph 
Lizzie  A.    Stute 
Mrs.   Sarah  A.  Reed 
Bertha  A.   Aten 
Mrs.  Nettie  Warner 
Mrs.  Dora  B.  Raub 
Mrs.  Margaret  S.  Frey 
Mrs.  Florence  H.  Seagreaves 
Mrs.   Mary  H.   Gibbs 
Pluma    Youndt 
Anna    Nightingale 
Frances  Titus  Hayden 
Edith    Bixler 
Alex.   C.   Wollmuth 
Mrs.    Mabel   C.   Wollmuth 
C.  Wollmouth 
Mrs.  Florence  E.   Shaefer 
Cornelius   Brunner 
George   W.   Ruth 
Sadie  May  Ruth 
Mrs.   Emma   W.   Ulmer 
Alvin    C.    Werkheiser 
Jennie   A.    Campell 
James   Tomer 


lOI 


Mrs.  Annie  R.  Davison 
Mrs.    Mary   Randolph 
Nellie  Rapp 
Evan    H.    Meyer 
Charles    Maddock 
Mrs.   Sarah  E.   Steckel 
Anna  C.   Shawde 
Alice  Hester 
Ethyl  Smith 
Julya   Smith 
Mildred   M.    Maddock 
Amy   McNeal 
1901 
Jesse   R.   Lerch 
Mrs.   Emily  R.   Lerch 
Mrs.   Emily  J.    Ruth 
Mrs.    Margaret   A.   Walter 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Roehner 
Alice    V.    Barnes 
Claudia   K.   Barnes 
Grace    Christman 
Estelle    Hulshizer 
Ella  Leyrer 
Edna  Louise  Pursell 
George  D.  Stem 
Susan   E.   Steele 
George    D.    Rambo 
Isabelle  K.  Rambo 
Milton    H.    Schmeckly 
Anna  E.   Hart 
Mrs.  Caroline   M.  Rader 
J.    Howard    Seal 
Mrs.  J.   Howard   Seal 
Jennie    L    Schmeckly 
Eliza  West 
Carrie  May  Bachman 
C.   Granville   Rader 
Eva  May  Zulauf 
Beulah   F.   Stocker 
Anna    F.    Ketchledge 
John  S.  Ketchledge 
Frances  Sherrerd 
John   M.   Sherrerd 
Mrs.   Carrie  F.   M.   Sherrerd 


1902 

George    Morris 

Meda   Mar   Robbins 

Florence  Robbins 

Mrs.  Anne  Hagerty 

Harriet   A.    Cooley 

George   Cooley 

Mrs.   Estelle   C.   Cooley 

Mrs.  Alice  Rockafellow 

C.  Lincoln  Free 

Laura  May  Short 

Flora   Day   Short 

Mrs.   Hannah  R.   Smith 

Mrs.     Margaret     R.     Roden- 

bough 
Guy  Elbert  Lavers 
Harold    Ray    Lavers 
Edgar    P.    Morrison 
Mrs.  Ada  F.  LaBarre 
Mrs.   Rita   McConachy 
Jennie    Lanterman 
Charles   Bishop 
Mrs.    Charles    Bishop 
Mrs.  Nellie  V.  Aschenmeir 
Willard  R.   Fair 
Frank    H.    Hazzard 
Roland  Firth,  Jr. 
Elita    Miller 
Mrs.    Mame    C.    Beck 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Brittain 
Mrs.   Anna  Fritts 
Mrs.   Eleanor  K.  Wunder 
Mrs.    Annie    E.    Morris 
A.   H.   Stute 
Mrs.   Nellie   B.   Lehn 
William  V.   Berg 

1903 
Augustus    T.    Walter 
M.   W.   Hottenstein 
Mrs.    Mabel    E.    Hottenstein 
Floyd   C.   Riey 
Leslie   H.    Snyder 
Mrs.   Martha   Heller 
Robert  T.   Hartung 


I02 


Margaret   B.   Beck 

George    B.    M.    Gerspach 

Blanche   Segreves 

Charles    L.     Bryden 

Anna  May  Bell 

Otto  Rother 

Mrs.  Charles  Gardner 

1904 
Mrs.    Grace   Stute 
Jennie   Stute 
Mrs.   Mary   Wilson 
Louise  K.  Jones 
Katherine   Fulmer 
Elizabeth   Fulmer 

Susan    S.   Fulmer 

Mabel    D.   Cline 

C.  P.  Siegfried 

Sarah    J.    Siegfried 

Samuel    Barnes 

George   F.   Walter 

Barton  J.    Brown 

Mrs.    Jennie    Hazzard 

Salome    Marion    Hazzard 

Anabel    DeR.    Runyon 

Robert    Quiri 

Sara  Jane  Runyon 

Anna   L.    Simons 

Francis   G.    Saylor 

Helen   V.    Saylor 

Frederic    J.    Sartori 

Emma  L.   Sartori 

Charles   A.    Quiri 

Georgiana  C.  Quiri 

Margaret    N.    Fulton 

Ralph  Dodson 

Anna  J.    Pomp 

Dr.  George  R.  Anderson 

Evelyn    Quiri 
Elizabeth    Zulauf 
Agnes    Campbell 
Camilla    T.    Vandergrif 
William  B.  Jones 
Mrs.    Ellen    Morris 
R.   J.    Morris 


W.   Leon   Brown 
Jonathan   D.    Craig 
Anna  R.  Rambo 
Emma  J.   Davis 
Mrs.   Sara  F.   Bixler 
Josephine    O'Neill 
Bertram    M.    Hoover 
Laura   W.    Hoover 
A.   Seely   Hutchenson 
Mrs.  Mabel  J.  Taylor 
Frank   A.    Hazzard 
Norma  E.   Hazzard 

1905 
Helen    M.    Heiberger 
Henry  Wysor 
Lorenzo  Heiberger 
Fannie   Heiberger 
T.   A.    George 
Dr.   J.  J.   Quiney 
Pearl   Norton 
Mrs.    Ella    George 
Emma  Marsh 

Ezra  W.  Witter 

Mrs.  Emma  L.  Robbins 

Fannie  B.  Titus 

Maud  L.   Segreves 

George  A.  Depew 

Isabella  R.  Depew 

John    R.    Rosenberry 

Ray  W'.  Dudley 

Martha  R.   Barnes 

Ellen    Haytock 

G.   D.    Strayer 

Rose  Strayer 

Emily  J.   Petit 

Harold    Heiberger 

John   Nightingale 

INIargaret  B.  White 

C.    Raymond   Kiefer 

Frank    H.    Irmschler 

W.    J.    Fulton 

Arabella  F.   Case 

Emma   B.    White 

Margaret  R.  Armstrong 


I03 


Charles   A.   Kolb 
Mrs.  Sydney  C.   Barber 
William  J.  Fetter 
William  Solleck 
Edward  Whitmore,  Jr. 
Jennie  M.  S.  Whitmore 
Dr.  Tyrus  E.   Swan 
William       Draney 
Catherine   M.   Kern 
Helen   Ridgway 
Mrs.    Rebecca  Harbison 
Elizabeth   A.    Harbison 
Jessie   H.    Harbison 
Mary  R.  M.  Harbison 
Schuyler    A.    Niper 
E.    I.   Rogers 

1906 

George   C.   Kolb 
William  Jones,  Jr. 
Mary  S.  Jones 
Mrs.   J.   V.    Savercool 
Sophy   Xouri 
Franklin    W.    Siegfried 
George  E.  L.  Kramer 
Harry  E.  W.   Hayden 
Emma    E.    Hayden 
Andrew  Hulshizer 
Percy   E.    Mebus 
Rosa  M.   Myers 
Mary    Fritts 

Leighton   C.   Weisenbach 
Margaret   Cooper 
Gertrude    Cooper 
Alice   Collins 
Minola    Wolverton 
Gladys   White 
Corbet   T.    Arnold 
Emily  O.   Dodd 
George  Sigman 
Jennie  Hefiferman 
Depue    T.    Smith 
Annie  E.   Smith 
Emma  R.    Shape 
Margaret    Shupe 


Grace   Shupe 
Virginia    Savercool 
Fannie  H.  Kramer 
Frank  T.   Rader 
Mrs.  Frank  T.  Rader 
Mrs.    Charles    Gardiner 
C.  S.  Gardiner 
Maud  Heath 
B.    L.    Laughlin 
Edward  L.  Huf 
Mrs.  Maria  Atwood 
Mary   Belle  Wysor 

1907 
George  E.  E.  Kramer 
Fannie  H.  Kramer 
Mary  F.  Eee 
Isabelle  I.  Everitt 
George    P.    Driesbach 
Nellie   A.   Vandergrif 
Frank   M.  Vanatta 
Charles    Collins 
Grace  I.  Spettigue 
Horace   A.    Bealer 
Mary   M.    Bealer 
Elizabeth    H.    Vanatta 
Margaret    S.    Altemus 
Frederick  A.  Sherer 
Mary   V.    Sherer 
Helen   I.    Hamlen 
J.  E.  Smith 
Mrs.  J.  E.     Smith 
George   McCahon 
E.   R.   Barnard 
Ida  Kutz 

Rebecca  Harbison  Millen 
Marie   E.   Kidd 
S.  D.  Strayer 
Rose  Strayer 

1908 
J.  F.  Wilking 
Mary  F.   Wilking 
A.  J.  Markle 
Mrs.    Minnie    Markle 
Myra   J.    Williams 


I04 


Jennie  W.  C.  Leopold 

Mrs.    Clara    C.    Thomson 

Mrs.  Florence  C.  McCabe 

William    Frankenfield 

Mrs.   Mehala  Frankenfield 

Drake  F.   Conklin 

Grace  H.  Conklin 

Mrs.   Arabelle  Freeman 

Charlotte  Abel 

Eva   Herbert 

Frederick    Herbert 

Helen  M.  Price 

Rose  Smith 

Marjorie  Wesley 

Margaret  Price 

Wm.    Hale    Francisco 

Nellie   V.    Faux 

Lena  M.  Miller 

Elsworth    S.    Thompson 

Celeste  Thompson 

George  Abel 

Mrs.   Martha  0.   Heller 

]\Iatilda    Larimer 

Mrs.    Flora    Barron 

Mary  E.  Leyrer 

Mrs.  Emma  Carpenter 

Amelia    Hoffman 

Christina   Simonton 

R.  E.  Reed 

Samuel    P.    Reed 

1909 
Mrs.  Carrie  V,  Smiili 
Clara    E.    Zulauf 
Florence  Howell 
Mrs.    Edith    A.    Feit 
Mrs.  Ethel  G.  Hess 
Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Swek 
Thomas    Swek 
Morris    Swek 
Charles  A.  Smith 
i\Irs.    Florence   E.    Shields 
J.  M.  Sherrerd,  Jr. 
Henry  R.  Chidsey 
George    M.    Hohl 


Willis   K.   Jones 
Ethel  A.  Feit 
Margaret    P.   Jones 
Gladys   T.    Jones 
Edith    M.    Frankenfield 
Helen  W.  Bitters 
Frances   R.    Bell 
Laurabelle   Reed 
Mrs.   Martha  L  VanHorn 
Mildred   L   Woodring 
Elizabeth  A.  Nightingale 
Emma  Robbins 
Mrs.    Blowdin    R.    Miller 
Mrs.    Bessie   A.    Hartwell 
Albert    M.    Lane 
Mrs.   Annie  Holt 
Sue    E.    Holt 
1910 
Calugero   Amore 
M.  Franc  Buongiomo 
Joseph    Califione 
Bietro  Dalano 
Salvatore    Giangiunto 
Vincent  Ribando 
Libores    Scalzadonna 
Vincent   Scalzadonna 
William   Sloan 
Jennie  L.   Thomas 
Mrs.   Anna  V.  Welch 
Jennie  E.   Welch 
Leola   B.   Welch 
Harry  K.  Johnson 
Henrietta  B.  Johnson 
Douglas  E.   Bixler 
Mrs.  Anna  K.  Bush 
Mrs.   Ella   McKenney 
Caroline  Storm 
Kenneth   M.   Bixler 
Altha   D.   Bowie 
Grace  E.   Bowie 
William  M.  Werkheiser 
Mrs.  Anna  L-  Ruth 
Russell    S.    Kramer 
Meredith    M.    Petit 


I05 


Lester    B.    Griffith 

Harry   ' 

C.   Kline 

Jennie  V.  Ruth 

Sedgwick  C.  Johnson 

Bertha  E.  Roberts 

Sarah  E.  Tomer 

Florence  L.  Woodring 

Julia  L. 

Hazzard 

Carmella  Capraro 

Helen  Sherrerd 

Colugero  lacono 

Natalie 

A.    Bitters 

Sebastian  Mamano 

Ella    M 

'..    Ballantyne 

Mrs.    Margaret   E. 

McCann 

Amelia 

S.   Johnson 

Joseph    Cavallo 

Edna   H.   Gellock 

Dr.   Rollo  H.   Hoey 

Mary   A.    Butz 

Lila  A.  Fretz 

Joseph 

lacano 

Marguerite  W.   Fretz 

William 

T.  Foster 

Mrs.  Jennie  K.  Quick 

Henry 

Ballantyne 

Laura  S.  Dickie 

lea   Bell 

Mrs.   Violet  Vreeland 

Calogero  Galante 

1911 

Jennie  M.  Howell 
Carrie  M.  Howell 
Lila   M.    Chidsey 
Biagio    Corriene 
Antonino   Simonette 
Frances  Mammana 
Rosina  Serio 
Grazia    Corriere 

Salvatore  Scalza 
Angelo  Amore 
Mary  Firth  Lee 
Paul  Thomas 
Mabel    Barnes 
Leon  C.  Wilhelm 
Lille   B.   Ballantyne 
Salvatore  Gripa 

Nunzia    Gripa 

Chas.  McKenn  Andrews 

Stanley 

B.  Howell 

James  C.   Johnson 

Marie 

Louise    Stark 

Additions. 

1811     1S21 

to        to 

1820     IS30 

1S31 

to 

1840 

1841 

to 

1850 

I85I 

to 

i860 

1861     1871 
to         to 

1870    IS80 

1881     1S91     1901 

to        to        to 

1890      1900     I9I0 

Totals 

Confession  — 

Male 17       29 

80 

50 

51 

28       49 

52       92       77 

525 

Female 30       70 

174 

85 

130 

78       96 

99     223     112 

1,097 

Total  •  •       47       99 

254 

135 

181 

106     145 

151     315     189 

1,622 

Certificate- 

Male  10        5 

49 

40 

35 

27      45 

56       84       56 

407 

Female 16       12 

61 

78 

66 

40      81 

105     172     107 

738 

Total 26       17 

no 

118 

Id 

67     126 

161     256     163 

1. 145 

Grand  total  •  •   73     116 

364 

253 

282 

173     271 

312     571     352 

2,767 

io6 


Ordained — 

Deaths  — 

Male I 

Female 5 

Total .  •  •  6 
Dismissions — 

Male o 

Female i 

Total ....  I 
Discipline. 

Male o 

Female o 

Total o 

Grand  total  •  •  7 


IvOSS. 


iSii 
to 
1820 
Infant- 
Male  54 

Female 40 

Total 94 

Of  these  after- 
ward united  with 
the  church — 

Male 3 

Female 8 

Total II 

Adult- 
Male  12 

Female 14 

Total 26 

Grand  total — 

Male 66 

Female 54 

Total 120 


Losses. 
16        I        4 


8 
20 


29      41 


15 
25 


19 

40 


20 
42 


33 
68 


53 


28      51       62       40       59      62 


75 


17 
24 


47      56      67 
72      85     121 


18 


24 
54 


50       83       56 
85     169     120 


15 
30 


39 


18 
36 


2 
9 
II     121 


44 
77 


34 
60 


I       12       14       45     119  54  II  121  94 

51     162     222     296     229  194  213  478  347 
Net  Gain. 

66      65     202      31  -14'— 56'  77  99  93  5 

Baptisms. 

1821     1831     1S41    1851    1861  1871  1881  1891  1901 

to    to    to    to    to  to  to  to  to 

1830   1840   1850   i860   1870  1880  1890  1900  I9I0 

61   104   86   85   74  56  51  67  54 

70  139   89  107   62  47  58  65  66 


6 
17 


7    6 
18   16 


6 
16 


9 
II 


II    5 
16   17 


7 
13 


25 

12 
33 


6 
15 


27 


9 
15 


6 
15 


14 


15 
25 


8 
II 


45   21   12   15   24 


40   19 


68  116   92   86   81 
83  182  104  118   70 


65   57   82 
62   73   90 


62 

77 


38 

166 

327 


531 

418 
779 


41  119  141  188   66   78  135  252  176  1,197 


167 
304 

471 
2,199 

56S 


692 

743 


131  243  175  192  136  103  109  132  120  1,435 


62 
124 


J  86 

S3 
160 


243 

775 
903 


151  288  196  204  151  127  130  172  139  1,678 


I07 


Marriages. 


Years  Total 

1811-1820 35 

1821-1830 98 

1831-1840 151 

1841-1850 86 

1851-1860 145 

1861-1870 62 

1871-1880     91 

1881-1890 1 15 

1891-1900 77 

1901-1910 88 

Total 048 


Both 
members 


Man 
member 

I 

I 

I 

I 

3 
o 

3 
5 
3 


Woman 
member 

2 

I 
18 

14 
16 
16 

17 
27 

43 

42 


26 


196 


Funerals. 

Male 

Female 

Gra 

nd  Total 

Year 

Total 

Members 

Total 

Members 

Total 

Members 

1811-1820.. 

0 

0 

4 

4 

4 

4 

1821-1830.. 

5 

5 

5 

5 

10 

10 

1831-1840.. 

7 

7 

22 

22 

29 

25 

1841-1850.. 

17 

17 

20 

20 

37 

37 

1851-1860.. 

20 

20 

36 

36 

56 

56 

1861-1870.. 

II 

ir 

21 

21 

32 

32 

1871-1880.. 

77 

15 

80 

40 

157 

55 

1881-1890.. 

58 

20 

67 

42 

125 

62 

1891-1900. . 

94 

31 

128 

7^ 

222 

103 

1901-1910. . 

"3 

26 

129 

69 

242 

95 

Total  402 


152 


512 


331 


914 


483 


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